The Girl Who's Never Had a Valentine by Elizabeth Player

Author:Elizabeth Player [Player, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472094667
Publisher: Carina
Published: 2014-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

What a result. I felt like I’d scored the winning goal at a FA cup final. Miss Barbie in her little pink Noddy car was a devious prima donna and a bitch to boot. Yes! Yes! Yes! I wanted to run around the flat doing a victory dance, but I managed to contain myself. However, in a moment of clarity, it also occurred to me that he was using me like an agony aunt and, beyond that, there might be nothing. Zilch!

‘Listen to me … I’m so sorry, Beth, you didn’t need to hear all that.’ Oh yes I did!

‘I’m only sorry I can’t help.’ I batted my eyelashes and thought if I reached out and touched his arm it might seem a bit creepy, so I didn’t. He walked over to the window and rolled his shoulders, making his back crack. Under any other circumstance, from anyone else, that action would have made me cringe, but I found that little gesture oddly erotic. At that point I knew I was a gonner.

‘And here she is … I’ve been calling her since 10 a.m. this morning. She’s been ignoring me.’ Slipping on his leather jacket, he thanked me for the coffee and said, ‘I’d like to do this again, Beth. If you’d like to? We could go out for coffee? Can I take your number?’ For a split second I wanted to say, ‘No thanks! You’re not my type,’ just to see the look on his face, but I wasn’t about to risk it. As my heart gave yet another mini leap and I mumbled something about ‘that would be nice’, I wrote my mobile number down on a Post-it note. He folded it carefully before putting it into his pocket.

‘We’ll speak soon!’ As he left, he smiled and winked and my stomach gave a flutter. Closing the door, I felt drunk.

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