Duplicity 2 (Duplicity New Adult Romance) by Knight K.T

Author:Knight, K.T. [Knight, K.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-07T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

The news about Sarah had blindsided me. I didn’t even know where the hospital was. It was hardly appropriate for me to go there, I thought, but Nick had asked me, and I didn’t want to argue with him again. After being so close earlier, our wonderful lovemaking had been tarnished by the harsh exchange before he left.

I didn’t need reminding that we hardly know each other. But how could we cross the hurdles that come with any close relationship without talking about things properly?

Nick didn’t know I had a confession to make, so he wasn’t to blame for thinking my worries were minor. But I just didn’t know if I could ever compete with Sarah for his affection or for a true place in his heart.

All around the condo, were signs of their life together. Sarah’s graduation photo, with Don and her mother. Sarah and Nick on their wedding day. Sarah, throwing back her head in laughter on a boat.

The furnishings had a stylish woman’s touch. Sarah’s taste was pared back and sophisticated. Her apartment was everything I would have dreamed of for myself. Her husband was everything I would have dreamed of for myself. But I didn’t want her life, I wanted mine. And maybe, as I was just starting to consider, maybe my life wasn’t meant to include Nick.

I dressed in still damp clothes and lifted my briefcase from the hallway. As I passed Nick’s bedroom on my way to the lounge, I could see the door of the walk-in closet was open, Sarah’s clothes still hanging there.

Nick had sent me a text, with the address of the private hospital where Sarah was being cared for. Sitting on the squidgy cream leather sofa, I took out the brown envelope that had been delivered to me that morning, and emptied its contents onto the walnut and glass coffee table.

Photos. Me and Nick in London, that first day I met him. We were in the park, having lunch. The memory came back and hit me as if it was yesterday. My heart skipped a beat and my tummy flipped, remembering those mixed feelings of attraction and frustration for the man who changed my life one sunny Monday morning.

Me and Nick in the pub, that first Friday night. Me and Nick at the Tube station, our first kiss. Me and Tara getting into a taxi. Me and Adam in our secret cafe. Me and Nick on the Millennium Bridge. Me coming out of a cinema. Me and Adam downing tequila shots. Adam coming out of my London flat. Me with my mum at the train station. Me and Nick at Heathrow airport. Me going into Cathwell’s New York. Me in a late night drugstore, taken last night. A snapshot history of the last 8 weeks of my life.

There was no note with the photos. No clues who they were from, but I had my suspicions.

Someone who had it in for me and seemingly knew what color knickers I was wearing every day of the week.

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