A Wild Encounter by Vanessa Bryce

Author:Vanessa Bryce [Bryce, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Jason

‘Where are you?,’ I texted Amelia, as the meeting finished and I walked out. Brian, the Sales Director had gone through the current quarter’s projections, and everything looked set. The campaign for the latest product launch was on track, and it looked like the release would happen next week as intended.

The past few days had been hectic and I hadn’t gotten a chance to see Amelia after dropping her home from the doctor’s that day she sprained her ankle. The doctor had said it wasn’t too serious, but she needed to stay off her right foot for a few weeks and prescribed her crutches to use for walking around.

Amelia hadn’t received that last bit of news well. She’d been firm and stubborn on that point and I’d had to force her to use the crutches.

My phone went off as I was packing my stuff up at my desk, ready to leave.

‘I’m at home. Why?’ was Amelia’s reply.

I screwed my eyes up at the message wondering if she’d forgotten about our date.

‘Let’s have dinner. I’ll pick you up. There’s a great restaurant not far from your house.’

I waited with bated breath. There was a chance she wouldn’t want to go out, but I had a strong urge to see her, which I hadn’t been able to shake off all week.

There was radio silence on her end and I imagined she was trying to think of a way to squirm out of this.

‘I’m actually not feeling too well. Maybe some other time,’ she finally texted.

“As expected,” I murmured to myself. By that time, I was already in the car driving towards her house. I decided to ignore the message and pretend I didn’t see it.

When I rocked up at Amelia’s front doorstep and rang the bell, she was surprised to see me. Luckily, Simon was out, which saved me from having to get into an awkward explanation about why I was over at his house, looking for his little sister. His parents, I was more comfortable in handling.

“Wh-wh-at are you doing here?” Amelia stammered standing in the open doorway, her eyes wide with surprise.

“I’m here to pick you up for dinner,” I replied simply, flashing her one of my charming smiles.

She frowned. “But I messaged you back saying we should reschedule.”

“Did you?” I asked, feigning ignorance. “I must have missed your message since I was driving.”

“Well, I said I’m not feeling well so I can’t go out tonight,” she said lying, and avoiding direct eye contact with me.

“You look perfectly healthy to me,” I mocked lightly.

“Looks can be deceiving.”

I felt my lips twitch as I tried not to smile. She leaned against the doorframe, shifting her weight further to her left foot.

“Where are your crutches?” I asked, noticing she didn’t have them with her.

“You know what,” Amelia said, pretending not to have heard me. “I’m feeling really tired. I’m going to go have a rest, but thanks for dropping by.” As she spoke, she tried to slowly close the door on me.

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