Country Rivals by Zara Stoneley

Author:Zara Stoneley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008194390
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2016-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Sam stood in the archway that led through to the stable yard and couldn’t help but smile. Moving to the country had been amazing. When Dave, her husband, had first mentioned a move to Cheshire she’d been horrified. Her family were in the South, the best clubs were, the best designers, everything. The north contributed rain and some pretty scenery in the Lake District. And two high-profile football clubs.

She couldn’t say no, could she? No way would Davey pass up on the transfer of a lifetime, to play in goal for one of his dream clubs. If she’d said no then she’d be stuck where she was, and he’d be living away from home for the most part. She’d seen what that had done to some of the other girls. They might have looked happy enough, spending their husband’s money and partying, but she knew all about the gnawing doubts that hit during those long nights home-alone. The desperate need to make it perfect for when he got home, so he’d always think it was worth coming back. The hours at the gym to ensure that the perfect body would be the memory he left with, before the groupies sidled up in nightclubs and bars.

That kind of life wasn’t for her; she simply wanted to be with her Davey. It wasn’t exactly the lifestyle she’d bought into – their first date had been a pint followed by a kebab, and then a bus ride home – but the day he’d rushed in, swept her off her feet, and told her their time had come she’d known that although everything on the outside was about to change, the stuff on the inside, the stuff that really mattered, had to stay the same. They were Sam and Davey, wherever they were, however much money they had to spend.

She loved her husband and she’d fallen for him long before the big clubs had talent-spotted him. They’d married in secret in the days when his agent had told him to concentrate on his career and not get tied down, which Sam translated as ‘stay single, I don’t want anybody else influencing your decisions’. Then they’d renewed their vows in public, in a ceremony that had included all the bling Sam loved.

Moving to Kitterly Heath had been the cherry on the cake for Sam. She had a glamorous house, the most perfect designer shops to wander round, the king of Botox on her doorstep, and a hairstylist who understood that the day a newspaper reporter managed to catch her having a bad-hair day would be the day she’d fall out of favour.

And she’d now got her gorgeous daughter and the best friends she could imagine. Sam was as down to earth as they came, and in Lottie she’d met somebody just as warm-hearted and generous, if a little more scatty and less appearance-aware. She had her own beautiful home and Tippermere was just a few minutes away.

The fact that Lady Elizabeth was a real lady was amazing, and the lovely Tipping House was awesome.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.