...."shesniggered."Were you two a couple....bum chums," she winked.I blushed bright red at the intimation. Danny was a red blooded male Iknew this so ... could not understand his reaction. What I did not knowwas that the creature was pumping him full of a potent aphrodisiac. Andaphrodisiac so powerful it was milked from the creature and sold aroundthe universe. Still the Captain was not going to tell me this when shecould use my ignorance to humiliate me.My eyes were drawn back to the box by. Since the Detectives and their placement was Paulo’s department, and Simon and Darla were his subordinates if they had objections they must have been squashed. Carmel, as his boss, couldn’t really say anything either without causing other eyebrows to be raised.Carmel hadn’t taken being saddled with two guards well. She refused to let them stand outside her office doors or be in her apartment once they had checked it was safe for her to enter. However, she couldn’t refuse them going with her. "Mr. Smith. I thank you for your prompt attendance, the morrow or the next day would have been quite sufficient."My father bowed slightly. "My Lord, it is a pleasure to be of service." Please sit down." The Earl nodded to the footman who began to serve tea. I of course instead of sitting went over to help in pouring the tea. "Adelaide." The Earl called me. I turned. "You are a guest here and you should allow Banthorpe to do his job." He rebuked me gently.Flustered I went to the settle and sat. She said she really liked my outfit! I thanked herfor the compliment. She took off her track suit. She was dressed similarly tome but in a black outfit that was a bit larger than mine. She was obviouslywearing panties and a bra as I could see their lines through her outfit. Weheaded out for our run. I set a pretty good pace and we ran about an hour andforty minutes. I felt like I could run further. I could not believe I wascapable of running for this long but I wasn't going to complain about.