The Running Lie by Jennifer Young

Author:Jennifer Young [Young, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Spy Stories, Berlin, espionage, London, archaeology, Cold War
ISBN: 9781788641005
Publisher: Cinnamon Press
Published: 2020-04-21T22:00:00+00:00

They returned the horses and brushed them without seeing Ken. Max patted Poppy again. She shouldn’t wait so long between visits. They left the stables in silence.

‘When did you learn to ride?’ she asked.

‘Growing up. Never on a horse like that though.’

The house would be swarming with people soon. Catherine at the breakfast table. ‘Come for a bit of a walk?’

‘Sure.’ His hand dropped to hers, and she held it.

Max led him to the coolness of the woods. ‘I can show you our treehouse.’ She laughed. ‘At the risk of sounding about nine.’

Rain started, fat thick drops that penetrated the leaf cover. Max grabbed John’s hand and ran towards a shed a dozen yards further into the woods.

‘Nobody uses it now,’ she said once the door flapped closed. She sounded more breathless than she should after such a tiny dash.

John brushed her cheek. ‘Max, I…’

She kissed him then, and they fumbled at clothes. John pressed her back against the wall, and then knelt to unzip her boots. ‘I spent all night thinking about you in that black lingerie. That red bow and your skin.’

‘Nothing so exciting today, I’m afraid.’

‘You’d be exciting in burlap.’

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