I'm Not Guilty of Murder

alum announced, reminding me how different the worl

y eyes, but couldn’t

that spread out before us. When I turned my head I could see the top of Big Ben, his famous face peeking out across the tree line, surveying his city as it came alive in the unseasonal warmth. I’d suggested a walk, but Calum had shaken his head. No

ing with amusement as two sparrows bravely took it in turns to hop clo

ut a care or responsibility, not someone with an enormous company and a public persona to maintain. His forehead was

ouldn’t stop the warmth that began creeping into my cheeks. I felt silly for reacting that way, but h

blush,’ he said, and th

d. ‘You know that j

nd pulled me

he whispere

op you from teasing me

it. You make

e kind of flaw I co

ou look beautiful, even when you’re embarrassed. And tru

fall of his chest. He ran his hand lightly up and down my back in a gentle rh

suddenly. ‘I

t’s

pres

lied, raisin

bag before handing Calum a tiny s

lightly. ‘I’m sorry it’s so late, bu

interrupted. ‘Besides, I

so long perfecting that afternoon, and mirrored

f plastic from its bed of tissue

’ he said.

n it yet,’ I joked. ‘It might just be

bably not as much as I thin

but after a few se

ready spoken about it, but you really have to

this? I know it was my idea, and I also know it’s not the sort of thing you’d usually do – or the sort o

ht. What do you get the man who, quite literally, has everyth

e memory card just because I was uncomfortable. But it was so difficult to make ra

, meaning it. ‘It’s just not something I’ve ever done before. And an

n excellent model. Have you

like burgers

h a figure like that, I’d have

and reached

me

taken and across the room to his desk, almost hidden in the furthest corner. He reached for a book on the second shelf and opened a drawer, which he rummaged through f

book?’ I asked. ‘Am I

book from me, and flic

f that please?’ he asked,

frowning i

the inside of the book’s cover. Replacing it on the shelf with the rest of his s

id. ‘No one but us w

ou,’ I w

e wants to keep our secret more than