BEACH SHOOT

When Sylvia lifted her head, she found David gawking at her with his arms folded across his chest. She couldn’t help but wonder what he thought of her.

Cheap?

Fred noticed her apprehension. He turned to her with a loving blink and whispered. “It’s okay.”

She gave a slight bow and hurried out of the garden. “stop getting into trouble, Sylvie. “She muttered under her breath and aimed for her chamber.

“What are you doing here?” David threw the question at Fred, lowering his hands to his hips.

Fred raised an eyebrow. ”I should be asking you. You aren’t fond of gardens.”

David had wanted to head to his room when he saw Sylvia heading to the garden but the desire to follow her overshadowed his decision and a few minutes later, he caught himself walking into the garden.

“We’ve had cases of servants screwing up each other here so I came down to clarify that suspicion,” David replied. My father told me that the incident was quite rampant last year so he had to reshuffle the entire staff.” He a