@filzlatsche asked for 5.: “You’re jealous, aren’t you?”
If the last couple have run away with themselves a bit, then this one definitely did.
“Are you sure you can’t come with me this evening?” Anna asked as she fixed in her earrings.
John looked up from the report he was poring over, pushing his glasses up onto his head. “I can’t, darling. I need to get this done for Robert. I’m sorry.”
“Oh, yes, I’m sure you are,” she teased. “Getting out of socialising at a work’s do. You must be so disappointed.”
“I like to support you when I can,” he protested good-naturedly. “Even if that does mean having to suffer for hours on end while everyone networks.”
“Well, I appreciate the sentiment.”
“I’ll be your chauffeur for the evening.”
She snorted. “Yes, arriving in style in your old, banged up Ford Mondeo.”
“Porkie has been with me through thick and thin. I can’t part with her now.”
Anna rolled her eyes, hiding her smile. He could be infuriating at times, but he was her man all the same.