Chapter Nine
Several days passed, and Alice became increasingly on edge. Since the schoolroom encounter, followed by Ethan f*****g her over the bed, there had been no s****l advances from either man, or any more challenges.
They’d spent time together, of course, both in a professional and a domestic sense. They were living together, after all. Conversations they’d had made Alice feel much more at home. She would have the privacy she required; in other words, neither Jeremy nor Ethan would enter her room without permission. They had the mealtime rota sorted out too. Alice wasn’t surprised to discover the cleaners Jeremy hired for the manor also took care of the private quarters. If she was totally honest with herself, it was just another perk to living there. All she had to do was keep up
