Half the World Away by Rebecca Banks

Author:Rebecca Banks [Banks, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Rebecca Banks
Published: 2021-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

Sitting in the hotel breakfast room the following morning, nursing a strong coffee to go along with the slight headache she had, Abbie felt herself blush as Kyle walked in. He saluted her, then joined her and poured himself a black coffee from the jug on the table. Stirring in a sugar, he told her the mechanic had texted to say the car would be ready in an hour.

As he studied the menu, apparently lost in thought as he decided which eggs to go for, she couldn’t believe that he could be so calm and seemingly unbothered by what had happened last night.

The kiss had been pretty incredible. It had stirred feelings in her that she’d forgotten she was capable of, yet she had broken it off.

The waitress came over and Kyle ordered a huge plate of eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns, mushrooms and tomato. Abbie’s stomach was feeling the effects of at least three too many gins and she ordered the same.

‘So, let’s talk about that kiss.’

Kyle looked straight at her, and it took everything in her not to spit out the mouthful of coffee she had just taken. American men were so… forward. Right this second, she would have done anything to be sitting opposite an uptight, emotionally stunted, overly polite British guy who wouldn’t have dreamed of ever mentioning it again.

‘You’re clearly not going to start, so I will,’ he said. ‘I like you. You know this. I’ve loved every minute of getting to know you. Then every time I think we’re heading somewhere you shut down and seem standoffish. I don’t know if you’ve had bad stuff in your past or you’re just not sure about me. Maybe you’re worried because we work together. Right now, I’m getting a lot of mixed signals, but that kiss was pretty phenomenal and I don’t think I was the only one into it. So, I’d just like to know what’s going on here.’

Fucking hell, he was upfront.

And he was staring at her intently.

He wasn’t going to let this go.

Time to put on the big girl pants. She took a deep breath.

She was saved momentarily by the waitress bringing their orders, and as Kyle started to make a dent in his plate, he motioned for her to talk.

‘You’re right, about everything.’ She shrugged. That wasn’t going to be enough, she could see. Her Britishness squirmed inside at being forced to talk about all of this.

‘That doesn’t answer any of my questions.’ He raised his eyebrows and lifted his coffee cup to his lips.

‘You’re not wrong that there’s something between us. I think you’re brilliant. You’ve been amazing ever since I arrived, and I’ve loved all the time we’ve spent together. But yes, I’m nervous. It goes against everything I feel about you, having got to know you a bit, but I’ll admit I’ve heard a few things that make me question if it would be a good idea. And because we work together, if it turns out things weren’t a good idea, that makes it messy.

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