06-03-2022, 05:58 AM
Signore. He was unfazed by the formality, but he politely took his hands back once Sonia was steady upon her feet. Slow to warm, then. He could work with this.
He did not plan to take ‘no’ for answer.
“Let me show you to the guestroom, then.”
Not to mention get some time alone with those papers, where Sonia’s pleading eyes could not try their hand at prying into his decisions.
He put his hand between her shoulders, though only briefly, to herd her toward the stairs. It was a nice little summer home, certainly – cozy, kitschy, perhaps a touch too carefully arranged to truly seem lived in. The office had seemed far more ‘occupied’ in that sense, with books left out where they did not originate and pens in mysterious places.
He did not plan to take ‘no’ for answer.
“Let me show you to the guestroom, then.”
Not to mention get some time alone with those papers, where Sonia’s pleading eyes could not try their hand at prying into his decisions.
He put his hand between her shoulders, though only briefly, to herd her toward the stairs. It was a nice little summer home, certainly – cozy, kitschy, perhaps a touch too carefully arranged to truly seem lived in. The office had seemed far more ‘occupied’ in that sense, with books left out where they did not originate and pens in mysterious places.
