The interior of Lady Cordelia’s castle was impressive in Rowena’s opinion because it had a lot more finery and valuable furnishings lacking in her...father’s modest estate. Of course, the years in the Holy Land and the ravages of constant harassment by the minions of the Sheriff in search of expanded tax revenues whittled away the generations-old collection of personal property all sold by the tax collector without permission of the absentee owner. Rowena was too young to understand the process. If they weren't going to make love, she had thrown herself at this man, stripped herself naked, both actually and figuratively, in front of him, and he was rejecting her. If he answered affirmatively, she would have to be naked again, and try and pretend that she knew what she was doing.Fortunately, Cal took control. Mutely, he walked over to her door and opened it. Without waiting, he pulled her out of the seat and wrapped his arms around her. One hip shut the car door. After a brief hug and a. From the photos I discovered of this house, I would have said without hesitation that all you could do was knock it down." He extended his hand to shake. "This is magnificent." I showed him inside and took him to the office. He greeted Tina. "Miss Barker. It is so very good to see you again."His gaze then fell upon Bella, who advanced and held out her hand. "I am pleased to meet you, Mr. Prescott. I am Annabel Swinson, soon to be Annabel Chandler."That stopped him. "Swinson? Are you by any. .. it was great. Um, good job," I mumbled.She did stand very close, and looked like she was pushing out her chest as she looked up at me with a grin on her face. Her breasts, in that tightly fitting black dress and with that amount of cleavage, were very distracting."Um, where's Anna?" I asked."Asleeep," she answered without missing a beat. "She was exhausted, the poor thing. You are staying over, right?" That's the plan," I said carefully, sensing she was up to something."Good. Then since.