A Terrible Misunderstanding (A New Adventure Begins - Star Elite Book 6) by Rebecca King

Author:Rebecca King [King, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-08-09T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

“I need to go into the bakery, but shall meet you at the green in, say, half an hour?”

Clara and Sissy looked at the clock hanging above the door outside the clock shop.

“Half an hour,” Sissy promised. “Not a second longer. Come and fetch me if I am not out by then.”

There was a theatrical plea in her eyes that made Clara laugh. Shaking her head, she waved her friend goodbye and wandered away. While she walked, Clara searched the street around her for Niall, and was a little disappointed that he appeared to have left the village.

It had been a week now since she had last set eyes on him. Despite her friends asking to meet him again, and questioning when he was going to see her, Clara hadn’t seen him. Nobody had. Niall had simply vanished. Aunt Flo had warned her that it was how the Star Elite worked, but Clara suspected it was because Niall was determined to avoid her at all costs.

All because I lied and told people we were engaged when we aren’t.

Clara was perturbed by how much Niall had occupied every second of every waking moment. What had happened in the garden had replayed over and over in her mind, but most of what she could remember had been overtaken by memories of Niall and how he had rescued her again. She suspected it was because she couldn’t get any of her questions answered, but until Niall appeared and told her what she wanted to know there was nothing she could do. She was well and truly left guessing why he had been in her garden, and whether he belonged to the Star Elite or not.

As she passed the doors to the tavern’s back yard, Clara happened to glance through them only for the one man in the village she truly didn’t want to see to step out of the darkness and block her path.

“Well, fancy meeting you here,” Erasmus drawled huskily.

His lecherous gaze slid over her from the top of her head to the tips of her boots where they lingered for a fraction of a second before slowly sliding back up. Clara refused to allow herself to move for fear of giving him any hint that he unnerved her, but deep inside she was trembling fiercely. Her stomach recoiled in protest. She couldn’t stop herself from glancing around wildly in protest. Her worried gaze lingered on the open maw of the yard doors before she forced herself to at least try to walk away. But when she tried to side-step Erasmus, he darted in front of her to block her path once more.

“Excuse me, please,” Clara murmured politely, keeping her gaze on the hedgerow in the distance.

She now doubted the wisdom of perching on the narrow bench seat in the middle of the village green. While it was overlooked by the tavern, there weren’t many people around to hear her if she had to scream.

“Now, what’s wrong with stopping to pass the time of day?” Erasmus drawled.

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