Suzie's Santorini Summer: A Perfect Summer Read (The Blossomwood Bay Series Book 4) by Daisy James

Author:Daisy James [James, Daisy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Katarina’s ceramics studio was housed in a small garage attached to the back of the house she rented on the outskirts of Armeni, a village further down the coast from Oia. Unlike Suzie’s tiny apartment above the gallery, the house was spacious with two generous bedrooms and a bathroom on the ground floor, and a large light-filled lounge upstairs to take advantage of the stunning view across the caldera.

No wonder she was never short of inspiration.

However, Suzie wasn’t there to tour the house, so she headed across a cobbled courtyard – home to an ancient olive tree that had a fun rope swing attached to one of its branches – and into the art studio, grinning broadly when she pulled open the door and saw what was inside. Her creativity had deserted her after the fire, and apart from a pair of earrings she’d made for Opal’s birthday using coloured beads she’d found in a jar hiding under a pile of old Vogue magazines at the back of her tepee, she hadn’t made anything.

As she feasted her eyes on the well-stocked shelves that lined all four walls, she could feel her artistic sprites awaken from their long slumber, and when she investigated the area behind a woven bamboo screen and saw the potter’s wheel, they started to dance in delight. Her fingers tingled and she couldn’t wait to grab a slab of the red-brown clay from the adjacent shelf and start making something. She’d made a few basic bowls and wonky flowerpots when she was at college, but here – in Katerina’s wonderful studio – she had the wheel all to herself and she was looking forward to seeing what she could create without the pressure of being watched by her fellow students.

Her excitement was interrupted by a loud knock on the door, and when she saw Christos standing on the threshold, there was no denying her growing feelings for him. As usual, he wore a pair of frayed jeans and scruffy espadrilles, but for their afternoon of pot-throwing he’d chosen a pale pink collared shirt, open at the neck to reveal a tantalising glimpse of chest hair. He’d also made a valiant attempt to tame his curls and had added a spritz of the sea-spray cologne he favoured, but what drew her to him was his smile, bracketed by the dimples she loved, that told her that he was equally as happy to see her.

‘Hi, Christos. Come on in.’

‘Wow, this place is amazing. What I wouldn’t give to have a studio like this.’

‘It’s fabulous, isn’t it? What do you want to try first?’

‘You’re the guru, you decide.’

Suzie laughed. ‘I wouldn’t say that.’

‘You make artisan jewellery!’

‘I used to make artisan jewellery. Anyway, there’s no jewellery equipment here.’

‘What about these?’ Christos picked up a jar filled with nuggets of polished glass in a kaleidoscope of colours that Suzie assumed were by-products of Katerina’s glass-blowing items. ‘They look like gemstones, don’t you think? It must be a very satisfying feeling to

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