Blackmailed For Vengeance(21)

“It is lovely to meet you” she said in a sing song voice “and so nice that you wanted to bring your fiancée to meet me” she said sincerely as she looked at Lee.

“I imagine that you are a very busy man” she continued looking at Yanis “So it is all the more appreciated”

Yanis gave her one of his dazzling smiles

“I wanted very much to meet with you Mrs Green” he said “Lee speaks of you very often”

The older woman had looked pleased

“Lee is an angel” she said laughing gently “so strange for the press to get something right for a change” she chuckled

Lee who had been hovering nervously finally moved towards the kitchen

“Will I put the kettle on then” she managed as the other two had nodded before she had disappeared from the room

Finally alone Mrs Green had looked at Yanis with piercing eyes.

“You are a very lucky man Mr Demitri” she said her voice firm “Lee is a very special girl and I would hate to see her getting hurt”

Yanis had looked back at the woman “Well I hope very much not to be the one to hurt her” he finally managed an uneasy feeling filling him at the insincerity of his words

“You have known each other for a while” he asked, suddenly wanting to change the direction of the conversation

The woman had smiled “Yes, almost 3 years, I had fallen outside and Lee came to help me. Since then that girl has looked in on me nearly every day. Makes sure that I have all my shopping and dinner” the woman had smiled softly “She has kept me going, I look forward to her visits”

Then she had looked back at Yanis

“But now she has somebody else, and I have to say that I don’t blame her in the least. You are a very handsome man Mr Demitri” she said appreciatively

Yanis had laughed out loud

“Lee did say that you spoke your mind Mrs Green” he chuckled as she had laughed back with him.

“At my age young man she said you are allowed to”

He had nodded back

“Look after her Mr Demitri” she said suddenly very serious “If there was ever anybody who deserved good things it’s Lee, although I can see from the way you two look at each other…” her eyes seemed to move to a far away place as she looked over at a picture on the fireplace

“My husband” she pointed to the picture. Yanis had looked over at the smiling man wearing an army uniform

“We met during the war, fell in love and got married as soon as we could” she had sighed softly

“but he was killed during the last year of the war, and I never met anybody else who could match up to him…now that’s the kind of love that lasts Mr Demitri” she said her shrewd eyes passing on the message she knew he understood

At that point Lee had reappeared carrying a tray with tea, biscuits and a large sandwich.

“OK, Mrs Green” she said softly “I’ve put your dinner on a plate, so it just needs to go in the microwave for a few minutes….and I thought you might want a sandwich soon, so just to save you having to make it”

Yanis had watched Lee, with a small frown on his face. Once more her actions showed a different person than the one he knew her to be.

“Lee, stop fretting” the older woman giggled, looking at Yanis

“A lovely girl, but what a worrier” she smiled her eyes full of devotion for the younger woman before her.

They had all sat for an hour drinking tea, while Mrs Green had told stories of her engagement to her husband and they had had to be vague, as she had tried to find out the details of the wedding

“We have to work out dates and things still” Lee had said her eyes lowered to hide her discomfort at lying “the engagement was a spur of the moment thing” she had said looking over at Yanis, who’s lips had curled in an involuntary smile at her slant on his blackmail.

As they left Mrs Green had given Yanis a small kiss on the cheek and hugged Lee, wishing them all the best and they had moved back into the car.

Lee had given an involuntary sigh of relief as Yanis had quickly looked over at her his face thoughtful. As he started to drive the car he had looked over at her once more

“Lunch?”

Lee had looked at the time, suddenly realising that she was hungry and nodded

He had taken them to an expensive restaurant, where they had instantly been seated at the nicest table in the room.

“Your Mrs Green is a lovely lady” he had said as the waiter had left with their orders

“Yes she is” Lee had said gently “Thank you for being so…” Lee had searched for the right word “gracious”

Yanis had laughed, his eyes twinkling at her

“Now that must have hurt you” he said with the laughter in his voice, as she had involuntarily laughed back with him, nodding.