Croissants and Jam by Lynda Renham

Author:Lynda Renham
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780957137202
Publisher: Raucous Publishing
Published: 2011-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Christian

‘Was it a misunderstanding honey?’

What a mess. My head aches from the whisky and I feel stupidly embarrassed. Why the hell did he have to mention the lawsuit and in front of Dad? What a wanker. I force a smile for Claudine and walk to the loo.

‘I wish you hadn’t have done that honey, you know with the credit card,’ repeats Claudine.

I deliberately leave the bathroom door open. I’ve learnt something about women in the past few years and I really am not in the mood to have things thrown at the door. I splash cold water at my face and head and grit my teeth. What the hell is going through Bels’ head right now? How the hell did someone like Simon get someone like her? She’s smart, beautiful and too giving for him.

‘Honey, did you hear anything I said?’

Okay, so she was a bit irritating at times but she has so many redeeming qualities. Does he even notice the way she licks her lips before being kissed or strokes her throat when she is aware of being watched? Does the look in her warm brown eyes and her beautiful smile make him feel he is walking on air? I don’t imagine so. She is too good for him.

‘That hotel is ridiculously expensive and you know it Claudine,’ I reply, rummaging through her handbag for some aspirin.

‘But we can afford it.’ She stands in front of me and pouts.

I spot her dress hanging on the back of the door and remember my own luggage. I should have asked Claudine to look into that for me. Damn, another problem to deal with. Is he with her now, telling her what a bastard brother I am?

‘Was it a misunderstanding then? Are you going to let me have it back?’

‘What?’

‘The credit card, of course, anyway as it happens your family have been really nice to me, even Simon.’

‘That was big of him.’

How the hell am I going to cope with having Bels as my sister-in-law? Damn, I almost slept with her. If her phone hadn’t have gone off would it have happened? Well, it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that I don’t let anything so stupid ever happen again. The stupid plonker already thinks I would steal his woman just to get at him. Does he not know me at all? The last thing I want is to give him ammunition against me. I find the aspirin and throw two back with some water.

‘Can I have it back then honey?’

‘What?’

‘The credit card, darling.’

Oh, of course. Jesus, isn’t she going to ask me why it took me so long to get here? Why I was with my future sister-in-law? Why I was partly drunk when I arrived? Or didn’t she notice any of that? I sigh heavily and watch as she slowly removes her jumper.

‘I bet you want to see me in the dress don’t you? I bought it yesterday.’

She runs her fingers tantalisingly through her newly highlighted hair and grins at me.

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