‘Hi.’ She smiled as she replied, and I was encouraged. ‘Are you trying to get strong, or trying to tone up?’ I tried to make myself sound like...I was trying to help rather than to criticise. She ended the set and turned in the seat to face me before she replied. ‘Oh, just trying to keep in shape really, I wouldn’t mind losing a few pounds, but I’m here to stop putting anything on, rather than lose anything.’ She brushed her hair out of her face as she spoke, and I found myself quite attracted to. He sent a short text 'Don't contact me for a few days, you'll get no answer. I'm fine, but I'll be out of reach" He sent the message to everyone in his phonebook that he felt was likely to call. A wave of fury washed through him and the phone suddenly went spinning from his hand and across the room, where it crashed against the wall. Natalia's eyes widened in surprise and a little fear, but she couldn't help but feel her arousal grow. 'If that's what he's like when he's passionate... God I want. I see in my mind’s picture, your countenance brightening, making you all the more attractive. I imagine you standing next to me; your height and body size always manages to take my breath away. How is it possible for a man to be made to such perfection? Tonight I know my dreams are going to be dripping with erotic images of you and me. Our limbs will be entangled together after a long bout of love making and driving each other nuts! Dreams always leave me wanting, restless and longing for that. Enjoying the internal life ofGriply Hall really was extraordinary but also very familiar andcomfortable. Even though she knew this was only her second night insidethe house, she retained two and a half decades of memories of a life here.She left the hall after breakfast, letting Richard know that she wantedsome time by herself to relax, and wandered down toward the stable. Shestill hadn't decided what to do about Burt and the pendant but she was inhalf a mind to let fate decide. Whatever was.