Just One Destiny by Jade Winters

Author:Jade Winters [Winters, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Winters Books
Published: 2017-05-06T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Teal pushed open the door for Carissa to walk through first. Carissa felt different walking into Teal’s room this time, there was no guilt attached to the action. She waited patiently as Teal lifted up her folder and rifled through the thick sheets of paper. Then slowly, one by one, she laid them out on her bed for Carissa to see. In total, there were four sketches. Two were of scenic views that perfectly resembled the architecture and charm of the Cotswolds, and the remaining two drawings were of Carissa.

Carissa picked up the picture and looked carefully at her likeness caught by Teal’s memory. It was amazing how good she was. Carissa turned her attention to the second picture Teal had drawn of her.

‘This was in the car,’ Carissa said softly. ‘Right before you kissed me.’

Teal nodded.

‘How do you manage to do that?’ she asked, feeling overcome with emotion.

‘Do what?’

‘Capture the moment so perfectly, and in so much detail,’ Carissa said as she ran her hand over the image, half hoping to draw some insight through touch alone. ‘It’s like you copied the image from a photograph.’

‘Sometimes the mind can work like a camera. As a kid I was always drawing,’ Teal explained. ‘And when I didn’t have anything interesting to draw, I relied on my memory to conjure up things I’d seen on TV.’

‘Personally, I don’t think my memory is capable of holding so much detail. You didn’t even miss the beauty spot on my lower neck. Will you convert the drawings into paintings?’

‘Maybe one day,’ Teal replied.

‘Why maybe?’

‘Because I don’t think I can.’

‘I don’t understand,’ Carissa said.

‘It’s … complicated,’ Teal said.

‘It doesn’t have to be.’

Teal smiled as she collected the drawings sprawled across her desk and put them back in the folder.

‘Can I see your collection?’ Carissa asked.

‘Collection?’

‘The one you said the London gallery owner wanted to exhibit.’

‘Another time.’ Teal’s eyes seemed to grow more distant. ‘… maybe.’

Carissa sat down on the edge of Teal’s bed and, a moment later, Teal joined her.

‘People say this kind of thing never works,’ Carissa said.

‘The no strings attached sort of arrangements?’

‘Yes.’

‘I think that depends on who you ask.’

Carissa smiled. ‘Can I be honest?’

‘I think that’s one of the benefits of this kind of arrangement,’ Teal said. ‘You can be as honest as you want without worrying about my feelings.’

‘I’m a little nervous,’ she admitted at last.

‘Of what exactly?’

‘Technically.’ Carissa let out a controlled breath. ‘You’re my boss.’

‘I prefer to think of us as colleagues.’

‘You hired me. You’re paying me. That makes you my boss.’

‘And you’re worried that our involvement will interfere with your work?’ Teal interjected.

‘No,’ Carissa said quickly. ‘I’m confident I can do a good job.’

Teal raised her eyebrows at this. As if to say, if that’s the case what’s the problem?

‘I guess I’m worried,’ Carissa muttered quietly. ‘That things will get messy.’

‘Messy?’

‘Uh huh.’ Was that all she was really worried about? That things could get messy. Or was it because what Teal was offering was something Carissa had never thought she would or could agree to.

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