A stupid man don't have a woman like that sniffin' around him. Though there is some question about that. I do notice you ain't invited her back."Actua...ly, that wasn't true. After my night out with the girls at Thanksgiving, on the way back out to the cars, I had sidled up beside Frankie and said, "So ... you coming to visit me anytime soon?" She had looked at me sideways and said "Oh, I bet you'd like that, wouldn't you." I'd said, "Yes," of course, and she'd looked back to the front. "Maybe.. I picked up the bell as soon as I pulled the letter from its confines. I didn’t want to waste any time once I had read the instructions.My mouth dropped open and I looked aghast at its content. Nothing. Not a word. Empty. Not even a ‘thanks for the fuck’ message. I couldn’t believe it. I was severely struggling with the concept of the letter being empty.I looked around the room and for once noticed that the other door had been left open this time. I picked up my dress and shoes and run for the. .” “It worked.” Christi let out a long, low moan, her eyes closing for a few seconds. “Oh gods, did it work.” “You should have told me,” Ari said before kissing Christi on the cheek. “You wouldn’t have had to suffer so long.” The Duchess let out a sharp, sensual growl that sounded almost like a bark. “I know, but it was almost worth letting that build up.” Then, she gasped and snapped a hand to her stomach. “I don’t think somebody is quite as happy about all the shaking and fluttering that’s. But it didn’t matter, because while she mumbled her response and I smiled emphatically, my attention was already focused on her daughter, Alice. “And you, Alice, how are you doing?”She looked at me like she always did every time in almost three years that I’ve known her, in the eyes, secure, mature. “I’m fine. How are you, Mr. Andrew?”“I am fine as well.” I answered, glad that Chace, my business associate, had popped up at my side and was now talking to her mother. “How did you like the gift.