Beautifully Irresistible(6)

“Yes, we had,” Jasper muttered grabbing his bag.

I grabbed my bag and got into the very expensive Audi convertible praying to god that I didn’t bump it.

“You can get in the back grumpy!” Scarlett bossily instructed her brother.

He pulled a face and climbed in. I looked round and saw that he had clamped some headphones over his ears and his eyes were closed.

“You will need to direct me Scarlett.”

“Turn right at the end of the driveway,” she told me as she plastered make-up on.

I was sure that her Dad didn’t know how much she slapped on. She then un-buttoned the top two buttons of her blouse. I debated saying something but quickly decided against it.

The Audi handled very nicely along the winding road and I enjoyed listening to the throaty roar of the engine.

“Do you have any hobbies or interests, Scarlett?” I asked, trying to break the ice in the silent car.

Hopefully, if we could find some common ground we could be friends. I had a feeling it was all an act with her.

“I enjoy riding. I have two horses, Rio and Bobby. Bobby is a flea-bitten grey and Rio is a dark bay,” she replied, giving in.

“They sound lovely. I used to have a pony when I was your age. My Mum and Dad have a lot of horses. I miss riding.”

‘Well, maybe you could start riding again now,’ she told me smiling.

I felt like I was making some progress. Good.

“Are there any other horses?”

“Yes, my Mum’s horse Puzzle and my Dad’s horse Ace,” she replied as her eyes filled up with tears. One slid down her pink cheek.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you Scarlett.”

“It’s ok. She went out riding that day and never came back. Puzzle turned up and we assumed he had thrown her off. Dad and all the staff searched the woods for days but we never found her.”

“Don’t give up hope, Scarlett.”

“Thanks Jennifer,” she replied wiping her eyes.

I slowed the car down as we approached the school. Unsurprisingly, it looked like an expensive school.

“Thanks Jennifer. We finish at 3.15pm. Bye!” Scarlett said as she jumped out of the car.

“Goodbye, beautiful!” Jasper shouted as he got out of the back.

He gave me a stunning smile clearly aware of his charms. I grinned back at his harmless flirting.

“Bye!”

I roared off towards the village. Carrying on down the road, I discovered a large supermarket where I stocked up on food for the week. The sun was shining as I made my way back to the house.

After I had unpacked the shopping and tidied around, I decided that some more exploring was in order, but I needed to contact Ross first.

“Hello Sir, it’s Jennifer. I am all settled into the house. He has given me a brand new Audi to use,” I told him.

“I see, very nice, Black. You need to gather anything that you can. Speak to the other staff and get a feeling about what kind of marriage Mr Cole had. We are getting nowhere fast with this enquiry so anything you can find out will be helpful. What’s he like, Jennifer?”

“He’s very handsome, confident and pretty sure of himself. He loves his twins very much. They are the centre of his world.”

“Well, work on him and I don’t like saying these things but you know what you have to do if the need arises. It shouldn’t be too much of a chore since he is so handsome. The last thing we want to do is blow your cover.”

I quickly realised he meant that I could sleep with him if I had to. How embarrassing it was talking to him about it but we all had to make small sacrifices and I thought I could definitely manage to do that!

There had to be some perks in a job that could be demanding and dangerous.

“Okay, understood. I will report any findings back to you straight away. Goodbye Sir.”

I decided on a tour of the house. I went down a wide hallway and entered the first room on the right. It was a beautiful room decorated in cream and purple with a large four poster bed. There was a large en-suite and an enormous dressing room. I quickly realised that this was Phoebe’s bedroom. Her perfume lay unused on her dressing table. I opened one of the wardrobes in the dressing room. There were dozens of designer dresses, blouses and suits.

To the right of the wardrobe were several shelves of beautiful shoes. The walk in wardrobe was like something out of a film. She certainly had very good taste in clothes. Suddenly I heard movement in the hallway. It must be Marcia. Luckily I had closed the door to the bedroom behind me.

I heard her singing as she passed the doorway and then the sound faded away. Quietly, I slipped out of the bedroom and continued my tour.

There were several guest bedrooms so I bypassed those as I came across Scarlett’s bedroom, a typical teenager’s room. Clothes, shoes and make-up were strewn around the large room. There were posters of mainly rock bands on the walls.