This was Andrea, and despite the fact she was a naturally slight woman, the skinniness of her figure was still eye-catching. Her appearance was a mix ...f utterly fat-banished build, gorgeous toning, taut skin and even the slightest hint of hard bone where her skinniness stretched over her ribs and pelvis. If anything, there was more than a hint of a supermodel body-obsession that had possibly gone a touch too far. Only a touch, mind. With her ironing board tummy bared and her ribcage on show,. Truth was that ‘this arrangement’ was eating her alive. She was head over heels in love with her husband. And despite their friendship, their passion, the ups and downs they had shared over the past two and a half months as a family, he had never once said anything that gave her hope the feeling was reciprocated. They had over that short time built everything her friend claimed was a more solid basis for marriage, but the companionship, respect and shared goals that Ubah had espoused was. ...................................PART - 7Chapter 23 A hell of a day at the officeA few days after Peter's embarrassing appearance as a bridesmaid at thelocal church, he'd sufficiently recovered for Mrs Shepherd to inform himthat he was to return to work. She told him she'd taken a call from theoffice and that he should report to the Personnel department early thenext morning.Shivers ran up his spine at the prospect of returning to work and ofwhat lay ahead but at least he now had an. . never marry. Captains Must be married.Zo was an excellent conversationalist ... and she was up on current events. With her white gloved hand settled in the crook of my elbow, she guided me between groups of officers and the visiting Congressional Fact-finding mission ... vacationing House and Senate members on junket. (They were looking into bases to close that weren’t in their particular fief. You can’t get much farther away from America than Guam.)Zo ... in her pleasant alto, was saying, “I.