Love In London: A Steamy Standalone Instalove Romance by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari [Ferrari, Flora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Gabby

“Seriously, Oz,” I complain, squeezing his hand tighter where it’s entangled with mine on the backseat of the cab. “You shouldn’t have bought all of them.”

“Why not?” Oz asks. He looks at me seriously, his eyes piercing into mine. “I have the money. You look good in all of them. Why shouldn’t I be selfish and want to see you wear them?”

“But you won’t,” I say softly, even though I kind of hate myself for bringing it up. “I can’t possibly wear all of these clothes before I have to go home at the end of the week. You won’t see all of them.”

Oz shrugs, lightheartedly. It makes my hand jump as he shifts. “Then you’ll have to take pictures when you get back home and send them to me.”

My heart drops, just a little bit. When I get back home. No, invite to stay longer, then. Not that I was expecting it or even hoping for it. It’s just – that was the perfect opportunity for him to say it, and he didn’t. Which means it’s not going to happen. In just a few days, I leave here, and I might not come back at all – or if I do, it will be months from now, and he’ll probably have moved on by then.

“You’re going to ship all of this back with me?” I ask, pretending not to notice what he said or that it hasn’t affected me. “I don’t know if it will fit in my suitcase.”

“Of course, I’ll arrange for it to join you,” he says with a smile. “Wouldn’t be much of a gift if you had to pay excess luggage fees to enjoy it.”

I glance out of the window and realize we’re pulling up in front of a huge glass and stone building, an impressive modern construction right by the river. The driver is stopping, so I guess this is where we’re headed. “Is this where you live?” I ask.

“Yep,” Oz replies, leaning over quickly to pay the fare, giving me a grin. “Ready to come up and see it?”

I remember why we’re here, and the excitement rushes back through my body again. “I’m ready,” I say, even though the trembling nerves inside me aren’t quite sure.

Even if they aren’t, something else is. The heat pooling in the bottom of my stomach in anticipation of what's to come.

Oz takes my hand again as the taxi pulls away, and keys in a code at the door to let us in. Then we’re moving to an elevator and up – and up – and up…

I start to think about what I actually just saw. The lobby. It was… plush, fancy. And there was a doorman, even though he wasn’t at the door itself, but just inside. Oz put all of our bags down beside him without even mentioning it, so I guess he must be bringing them up for us. And then there was the uniform he was wearing – a kind of red suit with a plain white shirt and a red tie.

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