A Walk in the Park by Jill Mansell

Author:Jill Mansell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2012-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Last night had been eventful in more ways than one. Lara had fallen asleep at midnight, thinking of Flynn and that Interrupted Kiss. She’d been hoping to dream about it in more detail but the inside of her head was never that obliging; instead, she’d dreamed that the shop had been crammed with angry customers shouting at her because they’d wanted to buy jewelry and she’d sold them giant pork pies instead.

Neither Flynn nor the Interrupted Kiss had put in an appearance, but the memory of it had continued to occupy her thoughts on and off all day. Basically because it had been like being presented with the most sensational dessert in a top restaurant but only being allowed to taste the tiniest morsel before it was whisked away…

And now he was back again, ostensibly to drop Gigi home from work and to give her a lift to the spa but in reality with plans to spend the evening being her chaperone.

Which was amusing in its own way, but not what a twenty-first-century eighteen-year-old was likely to tolerate. Still, it was up to Gigi now to handle the situation. Lara had already had her say and been rebuffed.

Having Flynn here wasn’t doing a great deal for her equilibrium, to be honest.

“Right, I’m ready!” Gigi came skipping downstairs in her black cotton sundress and silver ballet pumps, swinging a cream tote bag. Unzipping the bag, she produced a lime-green and orange sequined bikini with a flourish and waggled it at them. “Look, I got it at lunchtime, isn’t it fantastic? Super sparkly!”

“It’s beautiful,” said Lara, because it was.

“It’s… small.” Flynn’s tone was disapproving.

“It was six pounds fifty.” Gigi was delighted with her sale bargain. “I splurged. And yes, it is quite small. I tried to find a bikini bigger than a king-sized duvet, but they didn’t have any left in the shop. Ooh.” Her face lit up as a throaty roar reached their ears. “That’s them now.”

Lara glanced out of the window and saw the Maybach pull up at the gate. She also saw Flynn’s jaw tighten.

“I said I’d take you down there.” He watched Gigi stuff the tiny bikini back into her bag.

“I know, but now you don’t need to. Enjay said it was no trouble to pick me up. And he’ll drop me home later too.”

“But I was going to come along with you. I think I should.”

“Dad, stop it! Mum, tell him I don’t need a chaperone. We’re not in Jane Austen’s world now.”

“Enjay’s certainly no Mr. Darcy,” Flynn retorted.

“Hey, don’t worry, she’ll be fine.” Lara rested her hand in the small of Gigi’s back and said, “Have a good time, sweetheart. Got your front-door key?”

“Yep. Bye, Mum, see you later. Bye, Dad.”

“Just let me have a word with him first.”

“Oh God,” Gigi groaned as Flynn opened the front door and headed over to the car. “How embarrassing.”

“He’s your father,” said Lara, “and he’s new to the job. It’s nice that he cares.”

Gigi grimaced. “He really needs to have a learner’s permit.

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