Another Glass of Champagne by Jenny Kane

Author:Jenny Kane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Adult Romance, Chick-Lit
Publisher: Accent Press
Published: 2016-05-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-five

Saturday 16th July

‘Jack did say he was coming, didn’t he?’ Phil placed a fresh round of beer and lager on the small wooden table in between himself Rob and Paul. ‘Not like him to be late if alcohol is involved.’

Phil checked his phone. ‘He did, and I haven’t had a text saying he’d be late. Maybe he’s got a date?’

Paul lifted his pint of beer in salute to Phil as thanks for the purchase. ‘Amy was so sure he’d settled down a bit. She’d be disappointed if he’s given up on his resolution to be a good boy and hit the clubs.’

‘Actually, I was thinking that he might be out on a proper date. With a nice bloke for a change.’ Phil and Rob exchanged glances.

Paul looked from one friend to another. ‘Well, don’t keep me in suspense. What have you been up to? Matchmaking, by any chance?’

Jack’s concentration had been all over the place since his former boss had disappeared out of the bistro. Gareth hadn’t even said what he wanted or what he was doing in London. Was he just passing – or had he come specifically to turn up at the bistro? If the whole point of his visit had been to unsettle Jack, then it had worked.

Standing before the fourth in the series of paintings that Megan had done for him, Jack stared hard. They were exquisite. Fine details of architecture from around the bistro, all in close-up, were alive with flashes of terracotta and yellow. The more he looked, the more he could see a larger spectrum of warm colours, and the more drawn into the details of the art he became. No wonder Gareth had liked them.

Megan had been so nervous when she’d presented Jack with her completed pictures. They were the fastest pieces of art she’d ever produced in her life. She need not have worried though, because Jack had loved them instantly.

He’d been looking forward to showing the artwork, and the bistro in general, to Rupert. He had – he hoped – managed to make the invitation to come and see the place before it opened sound like a friendly gesture rather than a date-like one. Now, with Gareth unexpectedly sniffing around, he wished he’d asked Rupert out on a date there and then. If he was off the market, Gareth might take the hint and bugger off back to Kent.

As soon as he’d had the thought, Jack felt ashamed of himself. Rupert was far too nice a guy to be used like that. If he wanted to go out with him, Jack knew the only way on earth it could work for either of them was to develop a friendship first.

Jack had tried the mutual lust thing before. It never lasted. All of his friends’ longstanding relationships, whether straight or gay, were the products of friendship and mutual respect. ‘Face it,’ Jack spoke to the empty restaurant, ‘you’re in your forties, and suddenly you want what you’re friends have got.’

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