The Love Solution by Ashley Croft

Author:Ashley Croft
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2019-06-18T17:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

Molly called round to Sarah’s house straight after work. She’d been terrified that her sister wouldn’t let her in and had almost burst into tears of relief when the door opened before she’d even reached it.

‘OK. I’ll do it,’ she said, the moment she got inside the sitting room.

Sarah slumped down onto the sofa. ‘Really? You don’t have to do this out of some sense of pity. I’m not a basket case,’ she said.

‘It’s not pity, but I am sorry for the shitty things I said yesterday. Nothing hurts me more than hurting you.’

‘And I didn’t mean what I said about Ewan. I can tell it’s serious on your side and on his, I’m sure, deep down … but my judgement on men isn’t the greatest at the moment.’

The words “that’s an understatement” almost slipped out but Molly stopped in time. ‘I love you,’ she said instead, hugging Sarah tightly.

‘Let me and the bump breathe for a moment,’ Sarah joked as Molly squeezed her hard. ‘And I love you too, Mol, even though you drive me mad sometimes.’

‘Are you making something for the bump?’ Molly asked as they sat at the kitchen table with a drink. Sarah had obviously been knitting, judging by the balls of wool and needles on the table. ‘Trying to. There was a link to a pattern for some cute little bootees on Mumsnet.’

Molly picked up the needles with their tiny pale-yellow woollen square. ‘That is so sweet.’

‘I hope so … Mol, you’re not doing this out of pity for me, are you?’ Sarah asked.

‘No. I’m not sure I agree with you wanting Niall back but it’s your choice and I want you to be happy. If I can do anything to make you happy, then I will.’

‘I can’t tell you how much this means to me, Mol.’

Molly put the needles back down. ‘I must be out of my mind and if anyone finds out or it goes wrong, I could be sacked, arrested and maybe even jailed … It would be the end of my science career forever, possibly the end of any career.’ She smiled, but inside she was physically ill at the prospect of what she’d offered to do. ‘You have to swear you will never ever tell anyone. That’s if I can manage to do it, and without Ewan or anyone at the lab finding out.’

‘I swear.’ Sarah crossed her heart but Molly wasn’t reassured in any way. ‘No one will find out. I swear that only you and I know about it and it won’t go wrong. But I thought you said it was ready for clinical trials. Is it safe? What do we have to do? How does it work?’

‘It depends what you mean by safe. It’s definitely non-toxic and won’t do him any physical harm but it’s not exactly ethical, manipulating someone’s hormones.’

‘But it’s not like actually drugging him, is it?’

‘Erm,’ Molly muttered. The Love Bug was a psychoactive substance that could change Niall’s thoughts and behaviour. Molly felt slightly faint at the thought of it.

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