Walking on Air by Christina Jones

Author:Christina Jones [Jones, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Action & Adventure, Fiction
ISBN: 9780006513445
Google: 8_yMPwAACAAJ
Amazon: 0006513441
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2000-05-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-five

Three weeks later, as the snow cascaded across the Spicer Centre outside, illuminated by the orange street lamps, Reuben leaned across Follicles and Cuticles’ desk and kissed Miranda. Miranda, in the middle of cashing up, grabbed the opportunity and kissed him back.

‘Don’t look so surprised.’ Reuben straightened up, the businessman in him instinctively gathering the scattered notes and card receipts together on the desk top. He handed them to her. ‘I said I’d see you after work.’

‘Yeah, I know, but I wasn’t expecting the – um – warm greeting.’

‘Why not? We’re a couple now, aren’t we? Isn’t that what couples are supposed to do?’ Reuben looked genuinely puzzled. ‘I know I’m out of practice, and all this has come as a bit of a shock, but –’

‘No, no, it was lovely.’ Miranda smiled encouragingly at him. She didn’t want to offend him. She really liked him. ‘Just – well – it still takes a bit of getting used to, doll, that’s all.’

‘And for me. I always thought you were a complete headcase.’

‘And I thought you were the scum of the earth.

‘Made for each other, then,’ Reuben said cheerfully. ‘So? Are you ready?’

‘Almost. Where are we going?’ Miranda shoved the last few coins into the till. She hoped they were eating out. Having worked through the lunch hour, she was absolutely starving.

‘The club. I want to show you the finished article. The painters cleared out half an hour ago, and I’m really chuffed with it.’

‘Already? But it isn’t opening for months yet, is it?’

‘Not until the end of the football season, no. But the designers are the best in the business. I got them cheap because it’s fairly slack during the winter. There’s still tons to do – but it’s really beginning to take shape now. Caught Offside will make Amberley Hill the talk of the clubbing world.’

Miranda smiled at his enthusiasm. He was so different these days. So open. She wished Billie could understand. ‘Great – and then can we go and eat? On me.’

‘Love to,’ Reuben said, ‘but I’m afraid I can’t. I’ve got an evening session with the accountants. Would tomorrow do instead?’

Miranda’s stomach rumbled. She’d have to defrost a lasagne. ‘OK. Tomorrow will be fine, but you can pay for making me wait . . . Look – I’ll be about another ten minutes here. You go on over to the club and I’ll catch you up.’

The last customer of the day had buttoned herself into her coat only minutes before Reuben’s arrival, given Miranda a five-pound tip, and disappeared into the thinning throng slipping and sliding in the Spicer Centre. Kitty, Debs and Pixie had left Follicles and Cuticles half an hour previously because the roads were treacherous, and there was just the usual last-minute sweeping up and straightening to be done.

Reuben glanced around the empty salon. ‘OK. Don’t be long, though. I can’t wait for you to see the finished product.’ He kissed her again as he left, lightly this time, and waved as he closed the door.

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