Love or Money? by Carrie Stone

Author:Carrie Stone [Stone, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Contemporary, Romance, Women's Fiction, Literature & Fiction
Published: 2012-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Felicity sat next to Owen on the small bench outside the Queensland Art Gallery, her feet pulsing with heat from the two hours spent walking alongside him around the huge exhibition center.

If truth be told she’d never appreciated fine art, or any art for that matter; her knowledge was limited solely to renowned paintings that were universally known. However, the experience had proved invaluable; she’d been especially drawn to the Indigenous Australian art collection for the use of natural earthly colours and symbology. Owen had proved to be a fountain of knowledge when it came to understanding the basics of Indigenous heritage and culture. All things considered, it had been a truly beautiful and unexpected surprise. By no means was she disappointed that it wasn’t the wine tasting day trip she’d hoped for.

“So now you’re a master of knowledge on Aboriginal customs, why don’t you come to Cairns too? There’s a large Aboriginal cultural park there that you’d enjoy.”

Felicity put down the plastic fork she was using to eat her fruit salad and stared at Owen, bemused.

“So whilst you help out at the rainforest butterfly sanctuary, I spend my days visiting the cultural park and familiarising myself with the didgeridoo. Is that what you’re suggesting?” she teased.

Owen laughed and stabbed his fork into a mammoth strawberry. “Stop being a smartarse.” He directed his fork towards Felicity’s mouth. “This will shut you up.”

Felicity laughed and shrieked as he held her head and tried to force feed her the strawberry. Finally succumbing, she took a bite and smiled. “Stop being horrid. You’re supposed to be my friend!”

Her smile faded as she looked into Owen’s eyes. She couldn’t be certain but she felt that there were definite feelings of more than friendship on both sides but neither had taken the initiative to make those feelings known. It had been over a week since their dinner and she’d spent every available moment with him. Yet not once had he tried to kiss her. It was confusing. Despite her intuition telling her one thing, his actions were saying something completely different.

Owen caught her expression and returned to eating his fruit salad. She sat next to him in awkward silence.

“Did you renew your room at Darlene’s yet?” he asked, breaking the uncomfortable moment.

“No. After our chat the other day, I realised you’re right. Brisbane doesn’t hold anything for me but it’s not time to go home yet. I told Darlene I’d be leaving in a few days.”

“I’m serious, you know. Come to Cairns. You will love it. There’s so much to see and do there.” He popped a piece of Kiwi fruit into his mouth, a small trickle of juice running down his chin.

Without thinking, Felicity leaned across and wiped it away with her finger. She considered his words about Cairns carefully. There wasn’t any place more appealing that she could hope to base herself for the final part of her trip, but she didn’t want to put Owen in a compromising situation. Was he

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