For the brief time that I worked for Charles as his secretary, the sparks between us arose. I even had a better idea by now about the way that he felt for me after I saw the painting of me in his room which he was still to finish.

But that wasn’t holding me down or anything. It wouldn’t have been right to assume that he loved me and wanted me just because he was making a painting of me. So, I decided to keep it very casual with him.

When we left home and reached the Gucci store, I was amazed at the beauty of it. I couldn’t have...