Learning to Love by Sheryl Browne

Author:Sheryl Browne [Browne, Sheryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, contemporary, Romance, family relationships
Publisher: Choc Lit
Published: 2017-02-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

David wasn’t sure agreeing to go and see Sally had been a good idea, but him being out of the way would allow Andrea and her family some space, he supposed. He was pretty sure Andrea would prefer not to have to feel awkward in his company, which she would do after their kiss and now he’d hinted at his suspicions about Eden.

Sighing, David checked his watch and turned back to Sally’s door to ring the bell again. Hearing noises inside, he waited a while longer, debated, and then peered through the opaque glass in the door. And then wished he hadn’t.

‘Shit!’ he gulped, witnessing Sally tugging a silk kimono over … not a lot … as she clunked hurriedly downstairs in her high-heeled shoes.

Hell. She didn’t think he’d come with anything other than talking in mind, did she? No, he’d caught her on the hop that was all. She was getting ready for bed. A bath. But … hadn’t she been expecting him?

‘David!’ Sally beamed, pulling the door wide.

‘Sally.’ David tugged in a breath and tried to avert his eyes as the kimono fluttered open, the apparel underneath definitely not designed for sleeping or bathing in.

‘I’m so glad you’re here,’ Sally purred. ‘Do come inside.’

David hesitated. ‘Er …’ No, I won’t, he was about to say, when he noticed a neighbour emerging from a house a few doors away. ‘Thanks,’ he said instead, stepping in as the neighbour walked her dog towards them. A scantily clad woman greeting him on her doorstep would definitely send the village drums into overdrive.

Sally closed the door behind him. ‘I’m in the kitchen,’ she said, locking suggestive eyes with his as she squeezed past in the intimate space of the hall.

‘Right.’ David took another deep breath and then followed her as she sashayed toward the kitchen, trailing a heady aroma of perfume behind her.

‘What do you fancy?’ Sally paused at her work surface to glance over her shoulder. ‘Red, white, tea, coffee?’

David hung back by the door. ‘Er, something cold might be nice.’ He ran his hand over his neck and wondered whether to stay and say what he’d come to, or make his excuses and leave.

‘Perfect. I’ve just opened a chilled Sauvie B. It would be a terrible shame to waste it.’ Sally picked up an open bottle and turned to fill a glass, already in position on the table.

Picking up the glass, she walked across to him, her eyes travelling over him, before resting purposefully on his. ‘To a fulfilling future,’ she said, offering him the glass and then holding on to it as he reached for it.

‘That’s what I wanted to talk about, Sally,’ David started determinedly. ‘I hoped we could talk and clear things …’ he trailed off, watching warily, as Sally ran the pink tip of her tongue slowly over her lips, tilting his glass towards her as she did.

‘You’re, er, spilling the, er …’ David stopped awkwardly again, as the wine bled through the thin fabric of her kimono, causing it to cling to her flesh.

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