Chapter 82

Cara felt the subtle shift in their relationship and yes she was allowing herself to use that word loosely in her head over the course of the weekend.

Some things were obvious. Xavier barely set foot inside his study for instance and there were several locations where his phone was conspicuous by its absence. Like when she had made him take her on a hike to the highest point on the status spot he admitted with some share grain he had never walked to before and when they had me entered down to his private beach for an cricket moonlit deep in the ocean.

Other things were less obvious. Like the time she would look up from her book order task and find his gaze resting on her his expression pensive enigmatic. Once or twice she felt as though she were being quietly assessed and though for what purpose she couldn't have said. The idea that he might be comparing her former mistresses was she discovered an unpleasant thought that served only to send a hot streak of jealousy and insecurity thro