Operation Valentine by Loretta Hill

Author:Loretta Hill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Published: 2014-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Week 3, Day 2: Date 3

She hadn’t been to The Blue Saloon since her last date. Luckily, both Mia and Amy had been too busy to meet up mid-week – a circumstance for which Sarah was grateful. After her last conversation with Owen, she had absolutely no desire to run into him any time soon, and getting his help with picking someone else on Soulmates.com was definitely out of the question. All his choices so far had been unequivocally terrible. And now she had to wonder whether he’d been doing it on purpose. For some reason, she’d assumed his attitude towards her was different to that of other women. Yet now she knew she was just a slightly different form of entertainment.

Wow.

He must really enjoy laughing at her naivety.

Nonetheless, the basic facts still remained. The Valentine’s Day ball was two weeks and five days away. Mr Penwick was getting crankier and Lucy all the smugger. She still had no clue who she was going to take as her date, only that she had better find them fast.

So on Wednesday she got back onto Soulmates.com to continue Operation Valentine. This time by herself.

She chose a man by the name of Hamish Jones. From his profile he seemed ideal. There was a gorgeous photo of him sitting on the beach with a brown kelpie in his arms and a huge grin on his face. He had that approachable, endearing look that evoked trust. He was also tanned and fit, which helped. She could tell he spent a lot of time outdoors – something she would like to do more of. Maybe he could help her with that. His written profile indicated that he was a nature-loving, vegetarian surfer, who believed in world peace. How relaxing did that sound? Under ‘occupation’ there was a long list too, from bell boy to car washer. This guy seemed to be a bit of an adventurer, which she had no issue with. Stable and boring hadn’t worked for her so far. Why not go out with someone a little different from her usual type?

This time she turned up for the date early, choosing a seat by the window but facing the door so she could see him walk in when he arrived. She did not look once at the bar. Owen’s whereabouts was not her concern, unless he approached her to apologise. As far as she could see, that was the only way back into her good books. Not that she was even sure she wanted him there. Being Owen Black’s friend was turning out to be a far more complicated position than she had first supposed.

Just as she was finishing that thought, a tall blond stranger appeared in the double doorway of The Blue Saloon. He was dressed a little more casually than her other dates but his shorts and cotton t-shirt were a refreshing change. In her opinion it showed that he was down to earth. Besides, it wasn’t like he didn’t have the body to pull it off.

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