Cherished: Love in London Series 2 by Watts Demelza

Author:Watts, Demelza [Watts, Demelza]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-30T07:00:00+00:00

7

Mia froze, her eyebrows knitted in confusion. “I don’t understand, Amber. What are you saying?”

Amber grabbed some tissue and wiped her eyes. She took a deep breath and met her friend’s eye. “Mia, I’m so sorry. I never meant for this to happen.” Her eyes filled with tears again as she continued. “I met Nico through work….and a couple of weeks ago, we, er…” She couldn’t go on.

When she glanced at Mia, the other girl nodded in understanding. “It was just the once, and I felt terrible for breaching my client relationship so I stopped working on his project.” Mia made small understanding noises to encourage her to keep going.

“I didn’t think we’d see each other again, but last week he turned up at my flat as asked me to accompany him here for the weekend. He said he was coming under a lot of pressure from your mum to settle down and I don’t know why, but he asked me to be his pretend girlfriend.” She twisted her hands in her lap. “I’m so sorry, Mia, for lying to you and your parents. You have been nothing but kind to me and I feel so terrible.” She glanced at Mia for her reaction and was surprised at what she saw. “Mia? I don’t understand? I thought you’d be hating me right now – why are you grinning like that?”

“Oh, Amber. Don’t you see? You haven’t been lying to us – I really do think Nico is in love with you. I know my brother.” She looked away, the corner of her mouth curved up in a knowing grin. “No wonder he has been so short-tempered the past couple of weeks. It all makes sense now.”

“But, I don’t understand. Why would Nico be in love with me, Mia? His reputation as a playboy precedes him, I’m afraid…he has so many women willing to fall at his feet.”

Mia sighed in acknowledgement. “I know that’s what the world sees, Amber. And I’m not defending his behaviour, but it all means nothing to him. He has been so driven all his life and so far, he has never wanted to settle down. Or maybe it’s because he hadn’t met the right woman. Now you’ve come along and knocked the wind out of his sails.” She smiled at Amber and began rubbing mascara from her face.

Amber couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Could it really be true? Could Nico Moretti really be in love with her?

“Besides,” Mia continued. “I’ve heard him speaking to Mamma about you – he really is besotted.” She stood up. “Now come on, dry your eyes and let’s get you dressed. We have a party to go to.”

Amber squeezed Mia’s hand. “Thank you, Mia. Please don’t say anything to Nico, I’m sure he’d be angry if he knew I exposed our secret.”

Mia made a zipping motion across her lips. “My lips are sealed.”

She finished pinning Mia’s hair and then set to work on her make-up. Their conversation resumed its light and easy-going nature and thankfully, there wasn’t any awkward feelings between them.

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