Holiday with the Best Man by Kate Hardy

Author:Kate Hardy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-03-15T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

‘REMIND ME NEVER to play poker with you,’ Grace grumbled as they got on the Tube. ‘You have to be the most...’ She shook her head, unable to think of the words.

‘Poker-faced?’ Roland teased.

‘Annoying,’ she retorted.

Roland just laughed. ‘If I told you where we were going, then I wouldn’t be sweeping you off your feet. Trust me. It’ll be worth it.’

Grace wasn’t so sure—until he led her to a platform at Victoria station and she realised what was standing in front of them. An old-fashioned train, with the staff all lined up in front of it, wearing posh livery.

‘This is the London starting point of the Orient Express.’ She caught her breath. He couldn’t mean this—could he? ‘We’re going on this? Now? Really?’

He looked utterly pleased with himself. ‘Yup. I was paying attention when we talked at the fireworks, you know.’

And how. This was something she’d dreamed about doing for years and years, and never thought she’d ever actually do. When she’d mentioned it to Howard, he’d clearly discussed it with his mother because he’d told her the next day that it was way too extravagant and there were much better, cheaper and more efficient ways of going to Paris than the Orient Express.

Not that she’d ever been to Paris. Since she’d been dating Howard, they’d always been too busy at work to take off more than a couple of days at a time, which they usually spent in a cottage somewhere in England—even though Paris was only two hours away from London on the Eurostar.

And now Roland was taking her on her dream trip. Although they weren’t going all the way to Istanbul—because that particular journey was only scheduled for once a year, and even Roland couldn’t change that—they were still taking a slow train to Paris, the City of Light. The most romantic place in Europe.

He was really sweeping her off her feet.

She realised that he was waiting for her to say something, but right now she was so overwhelmed that she couldn’t think straight, let alone string a proper sentence together. ‘Roland, I don’t know what to say.’

‘“Thank you, Roland, it’s nice to tick something off my bucket list” would do,’ he teased.

‘It is, and it’s fabulous, and I’m stunned because I never expected you to do anything like this, but—’

As if he guessed she was about to protest about the cost, he cut off her words by kissing her.

‘Grace, I wouldn’t have booked this if I couldn’t afford it,’ he said, ‘and I’m actually quite enjoying sweeping you off your feet. Do you have any idea how good it makes me feel, knowing that I’m able to make one of your dreams come true?’

It was something she knew she’d like to do for him, too. Except Roland hadn’t really shared his dreams with her, so she had no idea what she could do to make him feel this same surge of delight. She took a deep breath. ‘OK. Brattish protesting about the cost all swept to one side.

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