The Tanglewood Flower Shop by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788637404
Publisher: Canelo
Published: 2019-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

‘Hi, it’s me, Leanne.’ A nervous giggle followed.

Rex hoped it was nerves; for all he knew, Jarred Townsend could have been tickling her feet with a feather. Although that wasn’t very likely given the rest of the message.

‘Um, do you fancy going out sometime? For a meal or a drink or something? Like a date?’ She paused.

Like a date, or an actual date? Rex wondered, for the ninth time. Yeah, he’d listened to the message that many times already.

‘Anyway, call me if you do. I’m free every night except Wednesday – I’ll be in London, you see. Please, please, please don’t think it’s because I want to pick your brains again. Although it would be great if I could run something past you. Oh, that still sounds as if I only want you for your mind. Oh shit, now you think I want you for your body.’ Another pause. ‘I mean, I do, but… Oh bugger. Look, if you fancy going out sometime, phone me, or text me, or… Damn. Scratch that, I’m sounding desperate.’ Another pause was followed by another nervous laugh. ‘Anyway, if you don’t, I’ll completely understand. Er… bye.’

Could she really be interested in him? His heart gave a little lurch and he made the decision to text her.

How about tonight?

Tonight was only a couple of hours away – it was already five o’clock. Maybe it was too short notice for her.

Great! Where do you fancy going? was the instant reply.

He had no idea. Up to you, he responded lamely.

A long wait followed, which he filled by making a coffee and checking his phone every few seconds with the obsession of a teenager hoping for likes on Instagram.

How about if you come to mine for a meal? he suggested when the wait became too much. Then he worried he was being overly forward and she might jump to the wrong conclusion.

I thought you couldn’t cook? she texted back.

He couldn’t – unlike Jarred bloody Townsend. Takeaway? The Chinese is good. He knew that from first-hand experience, having had a meal from there at least once a week since he arrived in Tanglewood.

OK. 7?

Great. Rex put the phone down, a huge grin spreading across his face, only for it to disappear as quickly as it had arrived as he gazed around his living room.

He spent the next hour or so frantically tidying up, emptying the bin in the kitchen and giving the bathroom a quick clean.

A knock twenty minutes later made him jump, and he scrambled to pull a clean T-shirt over his head. Barefoot, he padded downstairs to open the door.

She looked amazing, and for a moment he was speechless.

‘Are you going to let me in?’ she joked. ‘Or are we going to eat on the garden path?’

‘Sorry.’ He stepped to the side, inhaling her perfume as she came close. Bloody hell, she smelled almost good enough to eat!

He watched her walk ahead of him into the living room, admiring the sway of her hips and the curve of her bum in her tight jeans.

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