The Semi-Sweet Hereafter by Colette London

Author:Colette London [London, Colette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

Eleven

I’d be lying if I said Liam’s unswerving statement of non-attraction to me didn’t put a damper on our outing.

It wasn’t that I was attracted to Liam “in that way.” I wasn’t. Jeremy’s former trainer was nice (mostly) and friendly (ditto) and undeniably well-built (duh), but even if Liam wasn’t an unrepentant murderer, things could never work out between us.

Me, with a man who disavowed chocolate? Impossible.

I imagined myself dreaming up a scrumptious chocolate soufflé with silky chocolate sauce, a rich chocolate cookie studded with melty chocolate morsels, or an extravagant mocha ice cream pie with a chocolate-cookie crust . . . and Liam looking appalled at the whole lot. Then maybe binning all of it. (That’s Britspeak for “throwing away.” You know, in a bin.)

Liam would hate everything I did for a living, I knew. That meant we could never find a common ground. I wasn’t going to quit working magic with Theobroma cacao, and he wasn’t going to stop believing that scrummy sugar, carbs, and alcohol were evil.

Speaking of which . . . “You ate chocolate today, didn’t you?”

Liam’s terse accusation caught me off guard. So did the way he glared at me while gripping the steering wheel of his modest Ford Fiesta. I’d been surprised when he’d shown up with such a non-flashy car. I’d been expecting, I don’t know . . . an Aston Martin?

Surely Jeremy had paid him reasonably well, I figured.

I made a mental note to ask Liam about his car later, then addressed his question. “That tactic might work on someone else, but not me,” I warned him. “I know you’re just trying to change the subject.” I gave him a penetrating look. “What’s going on between you and Phoebe? I saw that thing”—I made googly eyes at him for reference—“that happened between you two earlier.”

A pause. Then, “I asked you about chocolate first.”

“My question is more important.” I wasn’t giving in. Danny had the address of the charity function. He could track me down, if need be. In the meantime, Liam couldn’t very well pulverize me with both hands on the steering wheel, could he? “Isn’t Phoebe coming to Jeremy’s Jump Start Foundation? Are you two having a torrid affair? How many miles to the gallon does this thing get, anyway? You must enjoy excellent gas mileage.”

At my trio of rapid-fire questions, Liam finally laughed.

The streets of London flashed by outside my passenger-side window, full of people, history, and life. In some parts of the city, you can actually touch sections of ancient city walls that were built by the Romans when the place was called Londinium.

It was really fascinating. Less so was Liam’s stonewalling.

“I’m going to find out anyway,” I pushed. “Phoebe and I are getting really close these days. I’m tutoring her in baking.”

“Without tasting a scrap of chocolate?” Liam asked.

He had me. “If you and Phoebe were involved, she might need you now,” I tried in a gentler tone. “You know, for comfort.”

Liam arched one blond eyebrow as he stopped at a light.

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