Honeymoon For One by Zante Lily

Author:Zante, Lily [Zante, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Lily Zante
Published: 2013-05-04T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Just after breakfast, Ava was ready and waiting for Nico in the hotel dining room. She was trying very hard not to make it look blatantly obvious that she was looking forward to seeing him again.

As she fidgeted with her bag, and then her cell and then her diary, two things came to mind. One was that she was already halfway through her stay in Verona; the time had flown so fast that it seemed like only yesterday that she had arrived here angry and tired. The second thing she realised was that despite making plans to visit Milan, Pisa and Florence, she hadn’t visited any of these places at all.

In fact, she hadn’t even left Verona.

“Ready?” asked Nico appearing out of her thoughts and standing in front of her. As he stood before her in a pale gray suit, a white shirt and a dark blue tie with silver embossed squares, she caught her breath and hoped she had made no sound. He looked stunning. And he literally took her breath away.

She managed to hold eye contact with him for a few seconds and looked away sharply before she gave away any of the thoughts that had suddenly taken over her mind. She managed a hint of a smile and immediately pulled her sunglasses down to shield her eyes. Even though they were still inside the hotel, she felt the need to hide her eyes and most especially her feelings for him, from him.

Was this the same sullen man she had met at the airport a few days ago?

He still wore a suit, as he did the other day, but something was different about him and she couldn’t place a finger on what it was. It was as if she was seeing him with a new pair of eyes.

“Are you ready Ava? I have to see some suppliers for a few things at eleven. Shall we get going?” The keys to his car jangled in his hands.

Ava followed him out of the dining room and they passed Gina who was busy on the phone. Ava waved to her as they walked past. Did she work all day and night long? Gina was always behind the desk no matter what time it was. There were a few hotel staff, discreet, friendly and unobtrusive but even for a small hotel of this size, with about twenty rooms, she had usually only ever seen Gina here.

Nico strode over to the passenger side and held the door open for Ava.

“You don’t have to do that,” said Ava as slipped past him and into the cool black interior.

“But we do,” replied Nico giving her one of his seldom seen but relaxed smiles before taking off his jacket and getting in at the driver’s side. He folded his jacket and placed it down on the seat next to him, not before Ava had seen a glimpse of the Armani label.

“You look different today,” she said finally, after having wondered for a few minutes what to say.

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