Andre suggested several outfits comprising of stylish tight trousers, a number of shirts, polo and high neck which looked very nice on the slim cute b...y. He also suggested some shoes, nice soft leather loafers and finally an expensive blue soft leather jacket that could be worn as a dinner jacket. These last items were needed to complement the other clothing. "Of course you will need some sexy silk undies" he whispered to Daniel "a couple of colourful thongs and some nice slim briefs those. My bed was empty, much like my heart. Not only did I feel numb, I felt as though I'd lost an important part of myself. I rather felt that I wasn't running on all eight cylinders. In fact, it felt as if I was barely running on three or maybe four at the most.I went back to work, but my heart wasn't in it. I rather existed until my production manager called me, and asked me to come to his office. Rob Preston is a great guy. CRS, where I work, it's kind of like a huge family. We all look out for. He orders a bottle of champagne and two glasses brought up immediately. I turn on some music and he turns to me. “I hope you like champagne. I find it a nice drink to celebrate with.” “I love champagne,” I tell him, “but what are we celebrating?” He takes my hands and pulls me to him again. “A number of things,” he says. “We are celebrating your birthday. We are celebrating our random meeting. And we are celebrating…” his eyes slide down my body again, “your absolute beauty.” “My beauty?”. Understandable. Padraic had grown up with Jonathan Welby. He would not have wanted to be that man’s son. Not for anything. But at least Michael had the estate. He had wealth and property. Maddie had none of that. And now, she didn’t even have Michael. Maddie was beautiful and sweet, everything Caroline had been and more. Padraic had fallen in love with Maddie in the last year, his feelings only intensifying after Michael had thrown her over as he’d done. Many times he’d wanted to tell her how.