You and Me, Always by Jill Mansell

Author:Jill Mansell [Mansell, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2016-05-06T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Who knew so much could happen in the space of a week?

Lily was brushing her teeth in the en suite bathroom of her hotel room. Not up in London this time, but in the Valentine’s best room, occupied for the past seven days by herself and Eddie Tessler. And if it seemed weird to others that she was staying in a hotel in her own village…well, it felt a bit weird to her too.

Most annoyingly, one of her all-time favorite things about hotels had been going downstairs to the dining room in the morning and enjoying a proper cooked full English breakfast.

But when you knew the chef and the waitresses and could see them looking at you as if you were a whole different person, it all became hugely awkward and impossible.

Lunch or dinner at the Star, being served by friends, fine.

Breakfast at the Valentine, too embarrassing for words.

And as for having it delivered to your room, actually carried in on a silver tray while you stood beside the huge, velvet-canopied four-poster you’d spent the night in with the hotel’s current VIP…eurgh, no way, forget it.

Lily grimaced at her reflection in the mirror and spat toothpaste froth into the sink. The term “VIP” was something else she wasn’t fond of.

“Why are you making that face?” Emerging from the shower behind her, Eddie slicked his wet hair back with his hands.

Lily smiled, because sharing the king-size hotel bed with Eddie was something she was enjoying about her stay here. She rinsed her mouth with water, spat again, and said, “It should be VFP.”

“Of course it should.” He wrapped his arms around her. “What are you going on about?”

“People say VIP, but they don’t mean VIP. Some people are important but most aren’t,” she told him. “It should be very famous person. That’s what they really mean, isn’t it? Or just FP, because most people aren’t even very famous.”

“So true.” Eddie was looking amused. “And what about me? What would I be?”

“You’d qualify as a QFP,” said Lily.

“Quintessentially famous person?”

“Quite famous.”

He pretended to bite her bare shoulder. “Thank you for putting me in my place.”

“That’s quintessentially all right. And now I need to go to work.” Well, tea and toast at home, then work.

“Do you have to?”

“You know I do. We’re busier than ever.” She shook her head. “And that’s all your fault too.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Are you writing your script today?”

“I’ll be trying to write my script.” It was Eddie’s turn to make a face; never having had trouble getting the words down before, he was struggling with the current story line.

“You’ll get back into it,” Lily assured him.

“It’s your fault. I can’t concentrate when you’re around to distract me.”

She twisted around and planted a kiss on his mouth. “Which is why I’m leaving now.”

Downstairs, as she was making her way out through the main doors and along the driveway, Lily heard a clatter of china and someone loudly hissing her name.

She turned and saw one of the waitresses hurrying after her clutching a fully laden breakfast tray.

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