He pulled her to him, kissing her cheek before embracing her again. He gave a start, hoping it looked natural to Charlotte. ‘Dearest, I have to che...k something in my car. I’ll just be a moment. Hold your announcement from our guests until dinner. I shall be back in the house directly.’ Turning he strode quickly around the corner heading to where the two cars were parked side by side. Charlotte asked the cook to delay the meal for a few moments while they awaited Harvey’s return. He was back. “This is Rabí.”I can’t talk back through the clench in my throat. They both laugh slightly and ease off my agitated nerves.Rabí returns to his table and Jake catches me peering over my shoulder to see where he’s sitting. He says not to look so anxious. Don’t worry. We’ll follow him to his apartment for some drinks. It’s nearby.My stomach sinks.It sinks more when we walk through the door. This isn’t an apartment. This is a fully decked out penthouse, complete with white rugs and iron lamps. Rabí. Bradley has, as I have said, considerable muscle. That musclecannot simply disappear. It must be redistributed following a simplematter alteration induced by a strong chemical compound. As Bradleyshrinks so too do his muscles, but that does not mean he becomes skinny.No, you can see his thighs beginning to swell, his buttocks pushingoutwards. His bone structure is already racing far ahead, so as his jaw,shoulders and several other things narrow, his hips expanding toaccommodate the new mass.. ’ ‘Really?’ I asked as I scored another goal. ‘Yeah. After we danced you probably could have taken me home.’ Although I already knew everything she was telling me it was strange hearing her say it. The fact was that I wanted her that night as well. ‘I guess I missed my chance.’ I said in a over the top, resigned tone. ‘You sure did.’ We had become friend soon after that night and stayed ever since. Except for the occasional flirting nothing had gone on between us. ‘Oh well,’ I muttered. ‘I.