Passion From The Past. Кэрол Мортимер

only she hadn’t been antagonised! Turning down Gideon Maitland’s invitation wasn’t reason enough to sack her, she was perfectly within her rights to do that, but telling her employer to more or less mind his own business was hardly something that could be overlooked, and James Courtney wasn’t the most forgiving of men.

      When the doorbell rang some time later she was glad of the interruption, her thoughts all worrying ones. It—good heavens! She looked dazedly at the clock on the mantel-piece—seven-thirty exactly!

      Gideon Maitland had turned up at seven-thirty as he had said he would!