Love Like Theirs by Sophie Love

Author:Sophie Love [Love, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sophie Love
Published: 2018-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

The ship continued, journeying onward to Stockholm, Sweden. In her cozy cabin, Keira awoke and began getting herself ready for the day. She washed and chose a comfortable outfit fit for the freezing weather she was bracing herself for.

As she dried her hair in front of the mirror, Keira thought back over her time in Helsinki. Spending time with Jossi had been really nice, without the pressure of any real romantic attraction. It had been more of a meeting of minds, a connection of souls, rather than anything else, and she cherished the experience. And thanks to him, she’d produced the best work of her trip thus far. Maybe even her career.

She’d just finished making herself up for the day when her phone began to ring. She looked over at it sitting on the table beside her bed and saw Viatorum’s name flashing up. She groaned, not in the mood for another check-in from Nina, especially after having sent her such a great passage yesterday. The last thing she wanted was to get an earful over something she was so proud of.

“Yes, Nina?” she asked in a drone voice as she answered the call.

“No,” came Elliot’s voice. “It’s me.”

“Oh,” Keira replied, a little shocked. It wasn’t often Elliot called directly. It still made her heart hitch with anxiety to speak to him on the phone. “Is everything okay?”

“Yes. It’s fine. I’m just calling to say that your last passage was great. You struck the perfect tone. Can you make sure you carry on like that when you’re in Sweden?”

“Like what exactly?” Keira asked. She didn’t want there to be any crossed wires, although she pretty much knew exactly what Elliot was about to say.

“More interactions with men,” Elliot confirmed. “It’s great to see you turn them down, to learn from them. It’s much better as a reader to see you learn about those cultural differences through experience rather than second hand like you did with Romeo and Juliet.”

Keira had expected precisely this kind of comment from Elliot. But even though she was anticipating it, it still infuriated her to hear it.

“I’m not going to put myself out there if I don’t want to,” she explained, trying to sound calm, trying to channel some of Venla’s authority. “What happened with Jossi was a natural occurrence. I’m not going to cultivate it.”

There was a pregnant pause.

“Why not?” Elliot asked, sounding as clueless as always.

“I don’t want to hurt people,” she explained, leaving off that the person getting hurt more often than not was herself. “I don’t like it.”

Elliot left another long silence. “I don’t understand what the problem is, Keira. I’m guiding you, giving you feedback, and helping you become the best writer you can be. I don’t know why you’re pushing back against that.”

Keira gritted her teeth. She hadn’t been planning on having this conversation with Elliot today, here in her cabin. She’d wanted to speak to him once she was back in New York, on home turf, face to face.

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