Chapter Twenty
Alice groaned as her alarm clock went off, wanting desperately to shut it up, pull the covers over her head, and go back to sleep. She hadn’t slept well for the past couple of nights. The realisation she was in love with not one, but two, men—men she’d have to leave in a couple of weeks and go God knows where for another job—was playing on her mind. She hadn’t said anything. It was a waste of time. There was no way they felt the same, and even if they did, how could it work if she was employed somewhere else? Granted, it could be a property close by, but equally it could be hundreds of miles away. No, it was better just to keep quiet and hope she’d get over them. Eventually.
As her brain kicked into gear, another thought reinforced her wish to go back to sleep. Preferably
