CharlieI headed to the kitchen to get the drinks, glad that Tess was here as well and trusting my sister not to interrogate Mark too badly. I just hoped he could hold up to whatever she did throw his way, but his responses so far indicated he would have no problem with it. He’d managed to reassure my sister and make me want to leap across the room to kiss him, although I had to resist the urge because the women were there. I busied myself getting glasses out of the cupboard, and nearly dropped one when the door opened and Mark came into the room. He started to speak, but whatever he was first going to say stopped when he saw the kitchen properly.
“This place is full of roses.” he said, grinning. Then the look on his face changed completely, away from amusement to intensity. I followed his
