Out Of Date by Emma Daniels

Author:Emma Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: teacher, lawyer, widow, blindness, second marriage, older womanyounger man romance
Publisher: Emma Daniels

Chapter Twelve

Over a late, lazy breakfast the next morning, Lydia announced; “I think it’s time you met my best friend.”

Daniel’s eyes lit up and his whole face glowed. “I’d love to.”

“Okay, I’ll ring Olivia and see when she’s free. At least you’ll have something to talk about. She’s a lawyer too. Maybe you’ve heard of her? Olivia Hamilton?”

Daniel swallowed as Lydia carried on chatting, apparently oblivious to his silence. The feisty, difficult Olivia Hamilton was Lydia’s best friend. Great, just great. How many seconds would pass between Olivia Hamilton setting eyes on him, and then her informing Lydia that he was the enemy? And how soon after that would Lydia realize that even though they’d talked about Amanda Henderson, he had not told her anything about his part in Amanda’s contract negotiations?

He’d known from the minute that Greg dumped Amanda’s contract on his desk that it would lead to trouble. What Greg had asked him to do was technically legal, just not particularly honourable. Of course, as a lawyer, he should not have concerned himself with this - just the bare technicalities. One of the first things he’d learned at university was that a lawyer doesn’t look for justice, he just applies the law.

He wondered if the universe itself didn’t actually agree with that viewpoint, and had manipulated the stars so he became involved with the one woman who would not forgive him for his role in Amanda’s downfall. He paused for a moment. A lot of women wouldn’t forgive him for his part in Amanda’s problems, but he only cared about Lydia’s opinion. He had to tell her now and hope she cared enough to forgive him.

He squared his shoulders and prepared to speak. Possible opening lines flashed through his mind. He rejected them all. Too formal, too strange, or too aggressive. He gritted his teeth and decided to just blurt it out; “Lydia, I work-”

She cut him off with a laugh, “As do I and I have too much to do this weekend to laze around here with you. I have to go.” She stood up, leaned over, and kissed him. “I’ll let you know what Olivia says.” She disappeared into the bedroom to get her things.

Daniel knew he should follow, should stand in front of her and refuse to let her leave until he’d made his confession. But he let her go. By the time that he met her friend Olivia, he’d think of some way to make Lydia see he hadn’t lied to her or betrayed her. Or maybe he’d have thought of a way to avoid Olivia Hamilton altogether.

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