The Darkness Within Him: The Untwisted series by Alice Raine

Author:Alice Raine
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781783753949
Publisher: Accent Press
Published: 2014-07-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The books were ready to distribute around the shop but I was trying to delay the moment when I’d have to go out onto the shop floor for just a little bit longer. The bright lights were not going to be very sympathetic to my tear-stained, heavily bagged eyes. Louise had been lovely since my split from Nicholas, but her never-ending sympathy was wearing me down and couldn’t help making me want to cry even more. Thinking of crying made me remember the evening when everything had ended. God, I’d cried enough tears that night to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Nicholas was getting seriously stressed as he tried to prepare for that night’s concert and as a result I’d barely seen him all day, which was probably just as well because after my discovery of his bizarre sex toys and then overhearing the unpleasant phone call with Nathan I was liable to say something I might have regretted later.

Another thing that was irking me was that he hadn’t asked me to attend the concert with him, which I had found a little hurtful at first. But seeing as the media seemed to surround him like flies because of his introvert behaviour and lack of a girlfriend, deep down I understood that things between us were too new to flaunt in public just yet.

The morning had left me with an uneasy feeling in my stomach that suddenly made me crave my own space for a while, so I decided to head back to my flat for the first night in ages. I wished Nicholas good luck for the evening, although he seemed too distracted to notice, and then gratefully accepted Mr Burrett’s offer of a lift home.

Walking through the door to my flat was like entering an uninhabited apartment. It smelt a bit stale and felt too cold and empty so I cranked up the heating and lit a few nicely scented candles. It was strange how quickly I’d adjusted to living with Nicholas nearby; I’d always been so independent that I’d never envisioned myself being so comfortable sharing someone else’s personal space.

I made the best of my quiet time by treating myself to a glass of wine and working my way through a pile of post – which predictably was mostly bills and junk mail – before settling down in front of the television to catch up on a few of my favourite shows.

After watching several excellent episodes of CSI: Miami, I headed to bed at around 11.30, wondering how Nicholas had got on in his concert tonight. He’d seemed so out of sorts beforehand, nervy and twitchy, which had been disconcerting, as he was always so in control of everything. It had been strange to see him so jittery, and I’d been surprised by just how nervous he had appeared.

Lying in the soothing darkness of my bedroom with thoughts of Nicholas still in my mind, I couldn’t help grinning to myself when my phone rang and I saw his number flash up.

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