Christmas Eve at Piccadilly Circus by Kelly Matthews

Author:Kelly Matthews [Matthews, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, Romantic Comedy, love, christmas
Publisher: K.A Hambly
Published: 2019-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The song ended and a rapturous applause broke out in the room. Gareth got up from his seat, mockingly bowed and went to the bar. Darcy found herself thinking if her hair looked alright and knew then that there was no way back. She had fallen for him. And that scared her. She didn’t know if she was ready to feel that way again about someone. Let alone being with someone.

‘Are you ready for our...’ he paused, seemingly thinking of the appropriate word.

‘Day out?’ Darcy offered.

‘Yes. A day out,’ he then smiled.

‘Give me two minutes,’ she replied.

There wasn’t much time to change her clothes, so she grabbed her coat from her living room and went to join Gareth at the bar. He was sitting next to Mr. Jones, talking and just as she walked through the doorway, he looked up with a huge smile on his face. ‘Well, you look the part.’ He rose from his seat. ‘I thought we’d take the tube, is that alright?’

‘Fine with me,’ she picked up her handbag from under the bar. ‘Will you be okay?’ She turned to Jess pulling a pint.

‘Of course. Now off you go.’

‘I could always lend a hand if things get busy,’ said Mr. Jones.

‘Oh. Thank you, that’d be great.’

There was a cold nip in the air when she stepped out of the pub.

Gareth fell in step with her and they walked down towards the tube station.

‘Have a good day today?’ She asked.

‘I did,’ he pulled his mobile out of his jacket pocket ‘I also managed to find something out about our Walter, too.’

He passed her the phone. ‘He was in the 1st Battalion and was quite the hero, too.’

‘Shame we don’t have a picture, isn’t it?’

‘I’m working on it. A friend of mine back home does family research in his spare time, so I have him looking further into it.’

‘I hope it’s no trouble. I mean, I’d look myself if I knew where to start.’

‘No, no trouble at all.’ He offered her his arm. Darcy linked his arm and they headed to the underground station.

‘Thanks for agreeing to play for us. Any more talents that we should know about?’ Darcy laughed while she stood at the ticket machine. She took her purse out from her bag, but Gareth stepped in with his card. ‘No, I’d like to do this. It’s my treat today. What about you?’ He asked, heading to the turnstiles. ‘I bet there’s more to you than pulling pints and cooking.’

‘Well you know I can’t play the piano, but I’ve sung professionally in my time.’

The train slowed to a stop and the doors slid open.

‘After you,’ he said. ‘Maybe we could be a duo. You sing and me on the piano?’

The train was heaving with people. They stood in the aisle and held on to the overhead rail. It jerked slightly as it moved, slamming Darcy into Gareth. She caught a whiff of his scent, Paco Raban, which only added to his allure. She had to get a hold of herself.

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