“He told me that you sprained your ankle and then I heard the servants gossiping about how a tree had nearly fell on you both. I haven’t slept a wink all night worrying about you. I didn’t know what happened to you yesterday morning. Mara say something.” “If you would let me get a word in edgeways . . .” “Are you all right?” “Yes. Don’t worry.” Mara narrated the events of the past evening adding that she had no intention of staying in bed. “In the bath alone with Stephane,” Maxine repeated a sparkle entering her mischievous eyes as she raised them in surprise. “I didn’t exactly have a choice. He wouldn’t leave me alone in case I hurt myself again. He was quite nice about it all, despite his insufferable arrogance and the way he thinks he can boss me around. Just wait until we get out of here Maxine he won’t know what has hit him when I . . .” “So I am right,” Maxine interrupted. “You have fallen for him.”
