CHAPTER FIVEAlena was quietly arranging the new cushions she had bought for the drawing room.
They were a pretty blue satin and Vincent had taken her round to one of his special shops to buy them. She had found some exquisite Chinese embroidery there as well.
She draped it over the back of the sofas and with the cushions the room already looked much brighter.
She much enjoyed her morning shopping with him and when they returned to Park Lane, he asked,
“May I come into the house? I want to look at the Gainsboroughs to decide which pictures I will choose as a suitable background to place you in.”
“I have a better idea, Vincent.”
He looked at her in surprise.
“I think what you really enjoy best is landscapes. Therefore I suggest you paint me first, if that is what you wish to do, th
