The Social Diary by Ros Reines

Author:Ros Reines
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2014-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

Eleven

There’s a radiant energy that envelops lovers, making them beautiful and immediately more attractive to others. A woman in the throes of new passion will often be asked, sometimes by strangers, whether she’s in love. Some men will sense the pheromones in the air and will flirt outrageously with her, while other women will eye her enviously; they definitely want what she’s having. The other blessing in all this blissfulness is that a woman in love is oblivious to exhaustion. I had probably only had a couple of hours’ sleep during my reunion with Daniel, but I didn’t feel even the least bit fatigued. I was on a high the next day.

Before we parted in the morning, Daniel mentioned that he had a few projects he was working on that would probably keep him out of town, but he floated the idea of spending the weekend together.

‘If I send you a plane ticket from Ayers Rock, would you come and join me for a couple of days?’ he asked.

‘Sure,’ I breathed. Somehow I would make it work, if he really was serious about it.

‘But you have to understand that everything would be strictly off the record,’ he cautioned, looking so deeply into my eyes that I swear he could see every slightly twisted gossip columnist’s bone in my body. When he gave me his total attention, I would agree to anything. ‘You’d have to promise not to write about anything you see there or anyone you meet. And, er, if anyone asks you about your job, you should probably be a bit vague, okay?’

‘Of course.’ I deserved a couple of days of relaxation without thinking of work, I told myself. And besides, if I had my way we’d probably be spending most of our time in bed because, right now, I just wanted to be in close proximity to his body. This must be what was meant by ‘magnetic attraction’.

I ignored the small voice in my head warning me to hold back, to play it cool, not to rush into this new relationship. I could handle any conflict of interest, I told myself confidently. Daniel had whisked me away from the party as soon as we could extricate ourselves, and we had gone straight back to my place. Dinner was out of the question since neither of us had an appetite for food. After a sizzling session in bed, we lay together and talked. Daniel had been open and honest—well, as far as he could be—about his work.

He acted in a consulting role on Alex and Jacqueline Evans’ many developments, he explained.

‘I didn’t want to say anything before because I have a confidentiality clause in my contract,’ he told me. ‘And even now I can’t elaborate much on what we’re up to. You’ll just have to trust that I am not being intentionally evasive.’

‘But why are the Evanses so mysterious?’ I asked, thinking of Tim’s certainty that there was something not quite above board about their business dealings. ‘Is there

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