One In A Billion by Anne-Marie Hart

Author:Anne-Marie Hart [Hart, Anne-Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

When I woke, Devizes wasn't with me. I had no idea what time it was, but the windows in the tower had been opened, and I could smell the saltiness of the sea air. It was a little windy, and looking out at the sky and the sea that surrounded us, I could tell the day was already moving along with itself.

From here, I could see now what I had been unable to see last night. We were effectively in the middle of a dense forest, at the edge of the sea, with a line of white sand beach below us and absolutely nothing at all on the horizon. The water glistened as the sun hit it, dazzling like a sheet of gold.

'Devizes', I called as I climbed down the stairs. When I got to the bottom, I was disappointed to see he was on the phone, this time out on the same balcony we'd had dinner on the night before.

'I thought'- I said, and Devizes put his hand up to stop me.

I sat down at the table where breakfast had already been laid out. There was coffee, croissants, bread, juices, fruits and a basket of different teas. I poured myself some juice and waited until Devizes was done, watching him and listening into his conversation, the context of which I couldn't quite understand.

'Alice', he said, when he'd finally finished. He came over and kissed me.

'Do you break all of your promises?' I said.

'I'm sorry, I know I said I wouldn't answer the phone, but this one I just had to take. You would have wanted me to.'

'I would have wanted you to?' I said, confused.

'It was about your book', Devizes said. 'They've set the date for the campaign. They needed my go ahead.'

'Wow', I said. 'That's amazing.'

'Am I forgiven?' Devizes said.

'Of course', I said. 'Look, you can answer your phone if you like, I don't mind. I was being silly yesterday. I know you have to work.'

'They'll begin putting the posters up next weekend', Devizes said. 'They've set the launch date for the 21st, how does that sound?'

'That's two weeks from now', I said. 'That's fast.'

'Is that ok?'

'Of course it's ok.'

'You'll have to do a book signing, a speech and a reading, the normal kind of thing. Do you think you can handle that?'

'Sure', I said. 'I still can't believe it though. This is really happening.'

'It's really happening', Devizes said.

'Thank you so much', I said, and showered him with kisses.

'They're planning to use the picture of you from the back cover of the book, but I said we could take another one here, perhaps of you relaxing on the beach, and send it to them to use instead. What do you say?'

'Ok', I said. 'Whatever you think works best.'

'We'll take one, send it, and let the professionals decide, while we relax on our tropical island with private beach. Which reminds me, what would you like to do today?'

'Mmmmm, let me think', I said. 'Sex, more sex, beach, food, sex, more food, champagne, sex, and sleep.

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