All I Want For Autumn by Clare Lydon

Author:Clare Lydon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lesbian romance
Publisher: Custard Books
Published: 2016-09-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

A new week, and a new Holly was striking out, determined to make this the one that changed things. After their chat on the hill, the lines of communication were back, if not quite fully open. On top of that, her step-mum Sarah had been on the phone giving her a pep talk just when she needed it. Sure, she still had crutches, but she was going to try to use them sparingly on the journey to work today.

Half an hour later and she’d achieved her goal, getting in on time through the brisk November winds: the best result she’d had since the accident. Buoyed, even Gordon calling her into his office didn’t faze her.

“You’re looking strangely happy this morning,” he said, smiling at her. Perhaps this was what Holly had needed to do all along — smile at him and then he’d smile back. What a simple solution.

“I am happy — I feel like I’m turning a corner with my leg.” Holly beamed at him, and he gave her a worried smile in return.

“That’s great to hear.” He paused, still looking puzzled. “And I just wanted to let you know that the new client is really thrilled with all the candidates you sent their way — the best bunch he’s had in years he told me, so we’ve secured their business for the rest of the year.”

“Brilliant,” Holly replied. And it was — her team had worked hard on that account, and it was great Gordon was letting her know. Maybe her chat with him had made the difference and he was turning a corner, too. Maybe she wouldn’t have to start looking for another job, after all.

“I just wanted to let you know, in the spirit of being the ‘new Gordon’,” he told her, putting ‘new Gordon’ in finger quotes. “You see, I can be just as huggy as you.”

“Huggy?”

“Technical term.”

“If there’s one adjective I’d use to describe you, it wouldn’t be that.”

“What would you use then?” he asked, leaning back in his chair. “Cuddly? Loveable? Perfect?”

“I don’t want to spoil our new relationship now we’re just starting to get along.”

“Go on, throw me a bone.” His face told Holly that he liked playing guessing games. She bet he was a competitive child who used to sulk when he lost. “One word.”

“Relentless? Annoying? Competitive?”

Gordon grinned at her. “My wife calls me those every single night.”

“Give her my condolences.”

Whatever his faults, though, Holly had to admit that in the weeks since their showdown, Gordon had made an effort to change his behaviour and the office was now a far more harmonious environment. Couple that with Holly’s new-found leg strength, and she might just be starting to feel like her old self.

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