‘N-no, thank you.’ The moment the words were out she wished she had said yes please. It would have given her time to recover her composure.
‘The garages are through the archway and to the right,’ he addressed Dave crisply. ‘If you’d like to take the luggage straight up to your rooms, my housekeeper will be waiting to show you the way.’
The scowl on Dave’s handsome face as he climbed back behind the wheel, told of his annoyance at being ordered about.
That annoyance was tempered to some extent when Robert Carrington added, ‘Then perhaps you would care to join us for a pre-dinner drink on the terrace?’
Us… Did that mean there was a Mrs Carrington? Eleanor wondered.
A hand cupping her elbow, he led her through the front door and into a panelled hall.
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