" Tom half heard the conversation but for effect she covered the mouthpiece and relayed the information. "He says that might give him a chance to get ...is own back." You two having a minor set-to there?" Not now. We have called a truce. Okay he can stay but on one condition. You allow him to fix the lathe part that Chuck has been going to do for the last three years. To get that done will probably be worth the risk." Vivienne disconnected the phone. "You're staying here for the night but only if. If she is engaged to someone else, I needed to move out of the castle and stay away from the country home, in England until after the wedding. I could keep myself occupied in the townhome and show up at the wedding full of good cheer, and wishes for a long and happy life for the new couple.“George wants to get married next month at the family estate on Virgin Gorda, in the Virgin Islands. His father winters there and they can gather their family around for a wedding in no time. It’s his second. Tera simply stared at the oars not seeing them, thinking back she had trouble finding another moment where she felt so much from a simple ... natural gesture.Michael moved off, around the corner, Tera looked after him, feeling both his absence from her side and the loss of contact with him, she was ... stunned by the void."Closed, damn" she heard him say as she walked around the corner to see him looking at a small sign on the door."They won't be open for a few weeks, not till after the term. " letting her voice trail off. "Maybe I should pull it the rest of the way down and let you have a really good look."As he looked down at the ground, she continued, "Tell you what, Mike. I'm going to stand here with my eyes closed and let you decide what you want to do. You can pull my top up, or you can pull it down. The choice is yours."She was a little nervous about what was going to happen next and couldn't believe she had just given him permission to bare her breasts right then and there.