Dog Handling by Clare Naylor

Author:Clare Naylor
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Australia, Women Accountants, Humorous, Single Women, Contemporary, British, Fiction, Romance, Sydney (N.S.W.), Dating (Social Customs), Young Women, General
ISBN: 9780345465399
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2002-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

“Liv, that looks so painful. Do you want to borrow some aloe vera?” Amelia came up to Liv and scrutinised her sunburn. Liv nearly threw herself overboard in shock. She wasn’t aware that Amelia even knew her name, let alone gave a damn whether she was pink or purple with blue dots. She’d assumed that Amelia only spoke to the beautiful people. “Have a cranberry juice at least; vitamin C’s great for the skin.” She handed Liv a tall glass of juice rattling with ice cubes and sat down next to her on one of the navy chenille deck chairs.

“Thanks.” Liv turned into the class square who could only talk about algebra and who never made it to the netball team again. “It’s a lovely boat.”

“Well, you know, anytime you want to come and spend the afternoon on board you’re welcome. Just give me a tinkle and I’ll get the harbourmaster to let you on.”

“Well, that’s amazing, and thanks. Again,” Liv moved her deck chair slightly away from Amelia’s and hoped she was downwind. If Amelia got a whiff of her best cream, which had been lavishly plastered onto Liv’s body by her boyfriend in her bedroom, Liv thought their new and beautiful friendship might come to an abrupt halt.

“So Alex tells me you run Greta’s Grundies on Paddo Market. I’ve got a few pieces from them. And Ben’s bought me some gorgeous stuff there. And he loves this pair with ties at the side . . . so he can just—whoosh—undo them.” She laughed dirtily. Liv gulped as Amelia reclined and pulled her sun hat over her face. Talk about hiding your light under a bushel. Still, there were the legs and the gently concave stomach and the prettily manicured toes to show off when the face took a break.

“We’re thinking of expanding. I’d like to get a catalogue thing and a Web site going, but it might take a bit of time. We’ll see. It’s a small business and there’s loads of really fierce competition,” Liv said to get away from whooshing knickers.

“Well, you know I’ll be happy to help publicise in any way I can. I have a few contacts on the fashion scene,” Amelia said breezily, and then nodded off to sleep. Amazed, Liv’s mind drifted off to little bylines in Australian Vogue next to a Greta swimsuit. Or Madonna wearing one of the old-fashioned bathing suits on holiday at Whale Beach. And all because Amelia had chosen to put the word about. Somewhere in her business brain Liv was grateful she’d just done the decent thing with Ben (well, after a brief flirtation with indecency that hardly counted except that she’d treasure it forever, amen, et cetera), because it was looking as though being on the same side with Amelia was going to be very important indeed if Liv and Alex were going to make a success of Greta’s Grundies.

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