Chapter 53: Help to Relax

ETHAN

When we returned to the house, everyone had already had breakfast and was getting ready to go to the next winery we were going to visit. I wasn't in the mood for another outing, so I decided to stay, hoping to find an internet signal to check some work emails. Maybe I could get ahead on a few things. I didn't like thinking about all the backlog that would be waiting for me when I returned.

Some time later, everyone had left, leaving me alone. After taking a shower and having coffee, I grabbed my laptop and settled into a small room on the second floor of the house, where there were two dark blue sofas in the center.

A few hours later, I was focused on answering my emails when the door was opened, surprising me. Miss Brown turned to me after I thought I had heard the sound of the door being locked.

Was she barefoot? Leaning against the door, she gave me a good view of her body. She was wearing a white summer dress with a pattern of small pink flowers and puffy sleeves. The dress