The door opened and Sparrow walked in.
"Good morning." I managed it brightly.
He nodded at me, barely, and went straight past to the bed.
"How are you feeling today, dear?"
"If you really care about me, you'll let me leave this hospital." She sat up as far as the pillows allowed. "I'm fine. I've been here far too long. I want to leave this morning, not later today. This morning."
"Okay." To my surprise, he didn't argue. "But the doctor checks you one more time before we go."
He was already dialling, and the doctor arrived within minutes, did the usual ritual, then pronounced her stable enough to leave.
"Thank you, Doctor." Scarlett beamed like he'd handed her a trophy.
The discharge paperwork took less than an hour, and then we were home, and Scarlett disappeared upstairs to bathe and reclaim her own bathroom with the devotion of a woman reunited with a lost love.
"I'll make breakfast," I called after her, and got a distracted agreement from halfway up the stairs.
I freshened up quickly, still turning the booking problem over and over, and went downstairs hoping that cooking would drown out the noise in my head.
Instead I walked into a kitchen full of strangers.
Two women in whites and a tall man in an apron were already moving around the counters, chopping, stirring, filling the room with the smell of garlic and butter, like the kitchen had been annexed overnight by a small polite army.
"Excuse me. Who are you?"
"We're the new chefs, ma'am." The older woman turned, wiping her hands. "Sparrow hired us this morning."

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The readers' comments on the novel: Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic)
Agent Frost better teach Tasha how to protect herself if anything gets out of hand or if she’s ever in danger or forced again...
I need some good news for Tasha. Special Agent hear her out and don’t let her get back into that life. Do I hear a romance or someone Tasha can truly count on besides Scarlett??...
I hope Tasha is let off and helped by this detective and gets away from all this maybe a twist for this novel is she gets on the good side of things and gets away from that life completely even if she has to separate herself from Scarlett but it appears Tasha gets hurt by Scarlett’s and sparrow’s stupidity as she’s blamed for Scarlett’s decisions...
Her life is ruined and Scarlett’s been living a luxurious life through it all...
I officially hate everyone for hurting Tasha and allowing things to happen to her. This whole Sparrow and Scarlett situation is some BS....
It’s a bit stupid that as powerful and ruthless sparrow is he and Scarlett sure do a lousy job of protecting and having guard on Tasha. Like how did all of this happen to her if he was supposed to be protecting her based on the contract??...
More Chapters Please...
I thought it said 10 chapters a day??? It’s been like 2-3 days and no update after chapter 574. The release time is so inconsistent, I have started to just loose interest....
Just find Tasha and get her some help. How did she have sparrow’s men watching her if she really cared so much. Scarlett’s character is so suspect…...
Storyline is interesting it’s just so much sexual content I have to skip through just find out the main context of the story....