Highland Fling by Katie Fforde

Author:Katie Fforde
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2010-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Jenny planned to get up early and get out of the house before anyone could see her. With her client arriving on Monday morning she wanted to spend a day at the mill making sure everything was absolutely as it should be. They hadn’t arranged it, but she was fairly sure Kirsty would be there too. It was but a faint chance, but they both secretly hoped that Mr M. R. Grant-Dempsey was the sort of man to be dazzled by beautiful presentation, glossy folders and elaborate graphs. Jenny was a whiz at that sort of thing.

She knew it had been a mistake to want breakfast when Henry appeared in the kitchen the moment she got there.

‘Jenny! What time did you get back last night? And where did you disappear off to?’

‘I’m not sure really. I’d never been there before.’ And as she probably couldn’t get there again on her own, this vagueness was partly justified.

‘Jenny! You just disappear off, before the pudding, for God’s sake, and now you won’t tell me who you were with! We are an item, you know. Or are supposed to be!’

‘You didn’t ask who I was with, Henry. I can tell you that! It’s a man I met at The Homely Haggis who needed some advice about something. Of course, if you’d had the courtesy to tell me you were coming I would have arranged to see him at another time.’

‘You shouldn’t be seeing him anyway. You’re my girlfriend.’

She plugged in the spare kettle she had borrowed from the mill and brought it downstairs with her. She could have mentioned the amount of flirting he had been doing at the Highland games, but as her conscience was far from clear, she didn’t. ‘It wasn’t like that,’ she lied. ‘And why are you up so early?’

‘Damned lumpy bed!’

Jenny nodded sympathetically. ‘I did try to warn you about accepting Lady D.’s invitation to stay. This house is desperately cold and uncomfortable. You’d be much better off in a hotel.’

‘I thought perhaps I might share your bed.’

‘Mine’s not only just as lumpy, but it’s single, too. And I did explain yesterday that we can’t sleep together in Lady Dalmain’s house. Which, I’m sure you’ve found out by now, is far too cold to creep around in, anyway.’

‘So where are you going now?’

‘To the mill. My client is coming tomorrow. I’ve got to make sure everything is absolutely in order.’

‘But it’s Sunday!’

‘I know. But I still have to work.’

‘Well, what am I supposed to do with myself all day? I came to see you!’

‘I suggest you try and find somewhere to stay that has constant hot water and a decent mattress. You’ll be miserable here.’

Henry yawned. ‘Oh, I don’t mind roughing it a bit, and Lady D. knows everyone who is anyone in the area, and she really is a character. Quite fascinating on her own subject. She can introduce me to all sorts of useful contacts.’

‘That’s true. But will you have time to take advantage of

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