The Truth

Finn St Just cleared his throat impatiently.

“Did you read it then?’ he said in a cold voice, and it took me a minute to figure out that he was asking me about the contract that I was holding in my hands.

I quickly began to read in earnest.

The entire document was couched in legal language and fleetingly, I wondered how many such women had read the deeds I held in my damp, sweaty hands.

For surely, I was not the first!

I had no illusions about myself. Or the brothers lounging splendidly before me.

*

In return for my'services,’ as it stated, I was to be given a handsome remuneration every month. My mind boggled as I saw the sum. I had never seen even a quarter of that in my life!

Then again, as I read, I felt my incredulity grow.

*

I would, apart from the handsome stipend, be given a car of my own, an apartment and a sizeable income, that I could continue to keep even after my one year was up.

I blinked and looked over at Liam O’Grady.

*

I gaped up at him.

St Anne’s was a prestigiou