His eyes flashed as he angrily retorted, “So you have been
sneaking on my calls again, haven’t you? You….” She bit her lip even as hot
color flushed her cheeks. She had been caught! Still she brazenly offered her
explanation, “Chill dear, you weren’t exactly discreet! Everyone at the pool
heard about your rendezvous! So I can be hardly blamed. Anyway, may I know why
you have deigned to pay a lowly mortal like me a visit?”
Just as he was about to retort
sharply, a bell-boy cleared his throat tactfully and announced that he had brought
her tea. He had earlier rung her door-bell thrice and left after no response. Now he gleefully observed the tense under-currents
between the two and walked away, whistling under his breath.
“Hmm,
if you don’t want to speak, you can have a cup of piping hot tea with me,
unless you’d prefer something else!” she murmured tantalizingly.
