C227 No Further Persuasion

“Tara told me firmly…in many colourful words, of course, that you are not here, and I should stop bothering her,” Maxwell said as he lay back and stared at the ceiling with the bemused smile still on his face.

“It was really frustrating but then, for a moment there, I almost believed her.” He turned around to look at her and reached out to touch her face. “You know, for a moment there