Falling by Linn B. Halton

Author:Linn B. Halton [Halton, Linn B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008114916
Google: i1_xoQEACAAJ
Goodreads: 18620069
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1999-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine – The Argument

The morning after the night before is surprisingly relaxed considering the potential awkwardness of the situation. Because we were both sober, clearly it meant something. What exactly, I’m not sure either of us has yet been able to work out. Alex isn’t regretful at all and certainly wasn’t last night; in fact we spent most of it awake and wrapped up in each other’s arms. The only thing he said that made me feel uneasy, was when he snuggled into my neck and let out a sigh.

“It’s not right Ceri,” he murmured in a low voice, and his breath on my skin made my heart miss a beat. “I’m using you and it’s not fair.”

“How can you use someone when you aren’t hiding anything?” I retorted. Hey, I’m a big girl and I can make my own decisions. It all feels very right to me, but I can’t say that in case it’s too much, too soon. One day, maybe in the not too distant future. I begin to feel like I’m trying to trap him and that isn’t the case. Or am I simply trying to fool myself?

We call into my place on the way to work so that I can put on some fresh clothes. Alex seems comfortable enough waiting for me, and when I finish changing and walk into the sitting room he’s reading one of the books off the shelf.

“Can I borrow this one?” he asks, holding it up.

“Living with Angels by Ethan Morris. It’s a good book.” I nod, thinking that of all the books I have that’s probably the one I would have recommended. Does it mean we’re getting even closer and Alex is keen to understand a little more about the other side of my life?

It’s an easy start to the day, but once we hit the office things start going wrong. Mason is in a really bad mood and everyone is on edge. The fact that Alex and I arrive together is unusual and doesn’t go unnoticed. Mason hauls me into his office five minutes later.

He starts complaining that we’re running behind on the schedule and implies that our minds aren’t on the job.

“I don’t encourage relationships between members of my staff,” he sneers. I feel my face colouring. I have to bite my tongue not to bring up the out of hours socialising that went with the job he’d offered me. “And you’re late.” It isn’t true of course, we were bang on time, but then we usually arrive early and never together. It would be today, when everything was kicking off, that we were the last to arrive. I walk back to the office and Alex looks up at me a little sheepishly.

“I’ve got you into trouble,” he says.

“It’s no big deal, Mason’s in a mood because one of the clients isn’t happy. It’s not even anything to do with us. Let’s keep our heads down until the panic is over.”

***

At the end of the day Alex gives me a lift home.

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