CHAPTER ONE by The Devil's Kiss (html)

Author:The Devil's Kiss (html)
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-06-11T04:50:12.689000+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

MIRANDA half expected Graham to propose to her while they were in Norfolk, and gave a sigh of relief when he didn't. But he was full of spirits on the drive back and let fall one or two remarks that let her know that she was definitely included in his future. Perhaps he wouldn't propose, she thought; perhaps he'd just ask her to live with him—or he with her. But no, on second thoughts he was much too traditional to go in for anything other than marriage. And he would never want to live in Docklands.

She gave a small smile and Graham said, 'You look happy. It's been a great holiday, hasn't it? Thank you for inviting me.' And he took his band off the wheel to pat her knee.

Miranda came to another decision and was about to tell him, but remembered from past experience that it wasn't such a good idea to shock a man while he was driving; she had no wish to end up in a ditch again. So she waited until they reached London and Graham had carried her case up to her flat for her before she turned to him and said, 'Graham, I've something to tell you. I'm sorry, but I've decided to leave the company.'

'What did you say?' He shook his head as if he hadn't heard properly. 'I'm afraid I don't under-stand.' He gave an uneasy laugh. 'You're joking with me.'

'No, I'm very serious. I want to leave.'

'What's brought this on?'

'It's just that I don't want to work there any more. I—er—I feel that it's time my life took a new direction.'

He stared at her. 'Good lord, you haven't been headhunted yourself, have you?'

'No, of course not.'

'Then why?' An idea occurred to him. 'This isn't something to do with that mess-up over Warren Hunter, is it?'

She gave a small shrug. 'Yes, partly.'

'But that's all over. Look, you mustn't let one mistake get to you. You're good at your job. You're sensitive to personality, and that's vital to bringing off a sucessful deal.'

'You mean I use essentially feminine intuition,' Miranda said on an ironical note. It was something he'd certainly never said that he appreciated in the past. Before he could answer she went on shortly, 'It's kind of you to say so, Graham, but I've made up my mind. I shall give two months' notice from the first of January.'

'Is there nothing I can say that will make you change your mind? Do you want more money, is that it?'

'No, it is not.' She gave him an angry look at the suggestion.

Coming over to her, he put his hands on her arms. 'You said that the affair with Warren Hunter was only partly why you wanted to leave; does the other part have anything to do with me?'

Miranda's heart had skipped a beat at his choice of words but she realised he didn't mean 'affair' in the romantic sense. She nodded, and her chin came up. 'Yes. I—I think that we're getting too close.

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