The next morning Tessa was at the stables attending to the horses like she normally does when Eric came in again.
“Good morning sunshine”, he greeted and smiled at her as he brushed past her and stroked his stallion.
“Good morning mr Eric”, she responded coolly, even though she felt nothing like that inside as he called her “sunshine”.
“What will I do to make you stop calling me mister?” He turned and leaned on the wall by the side and regarded her coolly.
“Aren’t you a mister?” She retorted.
Eric shrugged, “fair enough”.
He turned back to his horse while Tessa kept away the things she used in attending to the horses.
“I am going out for a ride with Maddy later this afternoon, care to join?” Eric asked her as she wanted to leave the stables.
Tessa stopped, the offer was tempting bu
