Frisky Business by Tawna Fenske

Author:Tawna Fenske [Fenske, Tawna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2014-05-06T00:00:00+00:00

‘Here we are, glass of wine for the condemned man,’ Romy said, plonking two large glasses of red on the coffee table and joining Kit on the sofa.

‘Thanks.’

‘Have you packed the Swiss army knife I gave you?’ Romy asked him.

‘Yes,’ Kit said morosely. He was all packed up and waiting for Ethan to collect him for Tank’s stag weekend. He had spent a small fortune on outdoor gear and was all kitted out in brand-new hiking boots, a pair of trousers made out of some high-tech material designed to repel any weather, and an enormous down jacket that could house a small family. Romy had gone shopping with him, and fearing that his spending was eating into his budget for the house, had managed to talk him down from purchasing a very expensive rucksack and loaned him an old one of hers that she unearthed from the attic. Those trousers he was wearing alone would have paid a carpenter for a day, she thought ruefully. Despite all the money he had thrown at it, he still didn’t look the part, more resembling a model from an outdoor clothing catalogue than someone who would actually engage in rugged activities himself. She could see him now, all designer stubble and carefully windswept hair, one shiny new boot resting on a rock while he gazed manfully into the distance.

‘Want me to go through the attachments with you one more time?’ she asked.

‘No. I just need the knife so I can garrotte Wedgie if he comes near me, and I know where that is.’

He had been in a permanent sulk since he had found out Wedgie’s plans for the stag, and his mood had got progressively worse the closer it came to the dreaded day. ‘Never mind,’ she said, ‘you’ll have Tank and Ethan. I’m sure they won’t let Wedgie get you.’

Ethan was driving them in their mother’s car, and Kit had decided that he should tell Ethan to pick him up from Romy’s so it would appear as if he had spent the night with her. He had even arrived that morning with some of his belongings to strew around her apartment, leaving razors and shaving foam in the bathroom (‘in case Ethan goes to the loo’), tossing a pair of his socks on her bedroom floor, halfway under the bed, and draping one of his sweatshirts over an armchair. She had drawn the line at letting him throw a pair of boxers on top of her linen basket.

‘Kit, can I ask you something?’ She took a gulp of her wine.

‘What?’

‘Why do you need a fake girlfriend?’

‘Ah,’ he said, turning to smile at her, ‘I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.’

‘Oh.’ She frowned down at her glass, feeling frustrated.

‘Well, not kill you,’ he said. ‘Maybe just get you to sign a confidentiality agreement.’

‘Really?’ Her ears pricked up. May had had a confidentiality agreement with her ‘master’. ‘Did you have a confidentiality agreement with Lauren?’

‘Yes, I did, as a matter of fact.

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