The Truth About You by Susan Lewis

Author:Susan Lewis [Lewis, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781409036951
Google: MB4eHt3Ab4oC
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2013-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

‘WHO DO YOU reckon it is?’ Stacy murmured, as she and Lainey looked down from the hot, but shady terrace to where a large black Audi was passing in front of the villa on its way, presumably, to the slope where their hire car was parked. No entryphone buzzer had sounded, and as far as they knew the gates had closed automatically behind Max when he’d left an hour ago with the girls. (To hook up with some British dudes he’d met at the disco last night, he’d informed Lainey in his cool-guy, don’t-bother-me-with-stuff way, before leaving.)

For one head-spinning moment Lainey wondered if it was a taxi and Tom had decided to turn up and surprise them. Perhaps that was why Zav had seemed more relaxed after he’d spoken to his dad last night, because he’d known he was coming today.

Though it didn’t seem likely, anything was possible, and she longed with all her heart for it to be true. What would happen after that she had no idea, she just wanted it to be him.

As the Audi came to a stop, a blaze of sunlight on the windscreen was making it impossible to see who was driving, and with tinted windows at the back there was no way to tell if anyone else was in the car.

Throwing Stacy a look, Lainey watched the driver’s door open, and as a man in his mid- to late thirties got out she felt her jaw starting to drop.

‘Whoever he is, he’s mine,’ Stacy muttered, as quite possibly the most gorgeous-looking male they’d ever seen removed his sunglasses and started towards them. He was tall, slender but muscular, with carelessly tousled black hair and a shadow of stubble around his chin that made him look like a rock star, or a movie legend, or someone any woman would want to wake up next to.

Moving past the disappointment of it not being Tom, Lainey went forward to greet him. ‘Hello,’ she said smiling, holding out a hand to shake. ‘I’m guessing you’re Marco, Adriana’s brother-in-law?’

‘That is right,’ he confirmed, his large hand closing loosely, yet somehow firmly around hers. His expression was tinged with curiosity as he regarded her, and yet was so openly warm that, in an odd sort of way, it seemed to make his looks less daunting. In fact, perhaps he wasn’t quite so drop-dead after all, she decided, since his nose was a bit crooked and his eyes a little close together. However, they had such a mesmerising intensity about them that she was finding it almost as hard to meet them as she was to look away. ‘And you are Mrs Hollingsworth?’ he asked politely.

‘Lainey,’ she corrected. ‘Please, call me Lainey. Or Elenora, if you prefer.’ She almost laughed as she imagined Stacy’s face behind her. ‘It’s very nice to meet you,’ she told him. ‘We love the villa. It’s perfect, and the view is . . . bellissima.’ She instantly felt foolish, because it was probably the wrong word and she shouldn’t even have attempted it, knowing nothing of the language.

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