Meet Me in London: The sparkling new and bestselling romance for 2020. Perfect escapism, for fans of Lindsey Kelk and Heidi Swain. by Georgia Toffolo

Author:Georgia Toffolo [Toffolo, Georgia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008375850
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-10-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

THE TRAFFIC EDGED SLOWLY along the road as Victoria slipped and slid with Oliver on the sleety pavement. Her feet kept disappearing from under her and more than once she had to grab him to keep upright. Seemed she was doing that a lot today. It didn’t help that sensual overload made her legs like jelly.

It was a beautiful clear night, a silvery full moon hovering low over the city, with a shimmer around it as if its edges were leaking into the sky. ‘Look at that. It’s a stunning evening.’

‘It is.’ His neck tilted as he looked upwards. ‘But that is damn near my favourite colour.’

‘Finally, he decides! Check. Another thing ticked off the list.’

Her heart was pounding. She’d told him far too much about herself, droned on about her past, leaving her feeling vulnerable and yet strangely animated. Something about his gentle questioning had made her feel safe in a way she hadn’t felt when talking to others about the crash. He’d pushed her to say what she was feeling and instead of clamming up she’d taken a risk and it hadn’t backfired. He hadn’t laughed, in fact, the opposite: he’d bolstered her. Made her feel as if she could take on the world.

She curled her hands into fists against the cold, stuck them into her pockets but the fabric snagged on something… her engagement ring.

Wow. It had been one hell of an intense afternoon. Engaged. Brutal honesty about her deepest fears. Sadness at her memories. Then hope. Shiny, happy hope that made her heart light for the first time in years.

And a hug that had felt so warm and comforting. Safe and… loving. And he’d held on too, as if he didn’t want to let her go. Ollie was more than a businessman, he had a heart that was aching to share and she felt he was starting to do that. She’d let him into her world, but he was breaking down some barriers of his own too.

The kiss might not have been real but the friendship they were developing was and that was something new. If, at the end of it all, she came out with Ollie as a friend then she’d be halfway to happy.

Perhaps she could relax a little more into this and see where it took them. After all, there couldn’t be a future, but there could be a present. She didn’t have to tell him everything but she could explore what they could give each other for now…

She glanced at him now as he strode along, determined to keep upright, the tenderness of a few minutes ago hardening into professional mode the closer he got to work. He was a man of many sides, Oliver Russell. Mostly, he saw the best part of her and shaped it into something better. A catwalk with her name on it! Her heart skipped to the rhythm of their hurried steps.

He walked her up the marble steps as if it was perfectly natural for them to be together.

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