A Reluctant Wife by Cathy Williams

A Reluctant Wife by Cathy Williams

Author:Cathy Williams [Williams, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373187898
Google: uRCd6nUtU7UC
Amazon: B004XVTRBA
Goodreads: 6382361
Published: 1997-12-31T16:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER SIX

‘THAT,’ Sophie said to Kat, stirring sugar into her tea and tentatively taking a sip, ‘is absolutely the one thing I can’t stand.’

They were in the now completely refurbished hotel, having lunch. Toasted sandwiches. Aside from the renovations, the menu, Sophie noticed, appeared to have changed as well. There were all sorts of interesting things on it now. The sandwiches were no longer the basic choices of ham, cheese, roast beef or egg. The Farringdons had clearly done some research into Light Snacks and had pushed the boat out with avocado, curried chicken and cheeses other than the staple Cheddar, as well as all manner of other things. Malcolm had clearly heard the rumours of another hotel going up, and was attempting to rope in his regulars just in case.

‘It’s never bothered you before,’ Kat pointed out reasonably.

‘Well, it bothers me now,’ Sophie replied with a touch of pique in her voice. ‘The entire village seems to know that I spent a night—one night—at that man’s house. If they’re not asking me what it’s like inside, they’re looking at me as though I’m hiding a guilty secret.’

‘Which, of course, you’re not.’

‘Which, of course, I most certainly am not!’ Sophie responded hotly. She gestured for the bill and glared at her friend. ‘I only stayed there because I couldn’t leave! The choice was either freeze to death, trying to make a getaway, or spend one night there. What would you have done!’

‘Have I said anything?’ Kat asked innocently. ‘It’s hardly my fault that gossip spreads fast in our wee little village. Besides, if I had to have a rumour circulating around me and a man, I can’t think of a dishier one than Gregory Wallace!’

‘I thought you were seeing the man-under-the-mistletoe,’ Sophie said, allowing herself to be distracted, and Kat grinned.

‘Oh, yes! Mark. Adorable, but rather more humdrum than the sexy Mr Wallace. Then again, I am of the common garden variety.’ She eyed her friend with a raised eyebrow and an expression that said, unlike you.

That struck Sophie as being particularly unfair, seeing that she made no effort whatsoever to upgrade her appearance.

Still, she thought as she headed back to the library, it had relieved some of her irritation to talk to Kat. She also had to admit that her friend had been perfectly correct: she had never minded the smallness of Ashdown village. Indeed, she had always liked it—enjoyed the way it wrapped around her like a security blanket.

She had no intention of getting herself into any sort of situation with the man again, and in time all those good-natured rumours would fizzle out.

The thought of that bucked her up until, just as she was about to shut up the library for the day, she looked up and saw Gregory, walking through the door towards her. Immediately she could feel the tension seep into her body, as though through an invisible drip. Why on earth did he have this exasperating effect on her?

She waited until he was standing



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