The Perfect Match by Katie Fforde

Author:Katie Fforde [Katie Fforde]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2014-03-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

BELLA DECIDED TO dress up for her dinner with Nevil. She wanted to look in control and professional, so he wouldn’t be tempted to ruffle her hair and treat her with amused contempt. This was serious.

She hadn’t yet decided how to deal with the matter of the video – it was hard when she didn’t know what it really revealed. Although there was nothing she could think of that wasn’t dodgy in some way. Or why do it at the dead of night? If only she could ask someone for advice. But until she knew a bit more she didn’t really know what to ask anyone. She didn’t want to go off at half-cock and look an idiot.

Really she just needed to find out about Badger Cottage, and not warn Nevil she knew he was up to something until she knew exactly what he was up to.

It was while she was in the shower that she remembered a half-heard conversation between Tina and one of the others in the office about a sale Peter had been about to close, only to find the property was no longer for sale.

Bella had been deeply involved in something at the time and had just put it down to Peter not checking out the situation properly, but now she wondered if in fact the same thing had happened to him. The trouble was, she couldn’t ask him now, about a month later, without him asking why she wanted to know. She didn’t want to involve anyone else until she knew more. The whole thing was like a jigsaw puzzle with too many pieces unconnected. She needed a few more bits so she could see the picture.

She put on her new pencil skirt with the high, tight waistband that made her look slim and elegant and feel like Audrey Hepburn. She added a chiffon blouse and pearls round her neck and in her ears. By the time she’d battled her curls into a chignon – only possible because her hair needed washing and even then it required a lot of product – she felt different: a force to be reckoned with and not Nevil’s tubby little curly top. She almost wore dark glasses to go with the ‘early James Bond spy’ style, but restrained herself. It wasn’t the expected look for a cosy dinner with her fiancé, but this was different. She walked to the car, carrying her stilt heels, wearing her loafers. She’d left a note for Alice telling her she’d be out for the evening.

As she drove, she contemplated breaking off her strange engagement – she could use the awful house as the reason – but again dismissed the idea. If she left Nevil she’d have to leave the agency, and her curiosity wouldn’t let her do that until she’d found out what he was up to.

‘Darling! You look amazing!’ said Nevil, sounding surprised and kissing her ear. ‘Loving the new look! A lot more sophisticated. Though maybe you should have run

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