Nurse Angela by Hilary Preston

Author:Hilary Preston [Preston, Hilary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

For a moment, Angela was unable to believe her eyes. Roger, whom she thought hundreds of miles away, was sitting in his car, laughing up at her, one arm leaning on the steering wheel. With a vague feeling of dismay, she looked at him, In another half hour, she would be meeting Simon.

“Aren’t you pleased to see me?” Roger asked at last.

“Of course. But you have taken me rather by surprise haven’t you?” she laughed. “How has it come about?”

“Two substantial checks that I didn’t expect. But look, I’d rather get off the road. Hop in and we’ll go and have lunch somewhere.”

“I... I... will you park alongside here, Roger? I’d rather like to walk this morning.”

He gave her a quick look. “Just as you like, darling. But hop in just the same while I find a space.”

He parked in one of the pavements allocated on either side of the road beneath the trees, then turned to have a good look at her. He took her by the shoulders and let his eyes rove over her every feature, his face breaking into a delightful smile.

“It’s absolutely wonderful to see you. It seems an age.” He kissed her lightly. “You look lovely ... and that hat!” He examined it, turning her head this way and that. With a twinge of conscience, Angela remembered how much Simon had been in her mind when she bought it. “Tell me what you’ve been doing,” he went on, adding darkly, “and who you’ve been doing it with.”

“I will,” she laughed. “But let’s walk for a while.”

They got out of the car and he tucked her arm in his. As they walked toward the Arc, she wondered, rather desperately, how she was going to tell him that she had promised to have lunch with Simon. About the rest of the day and evening, she dared not think. She knew Simon would be expecting to take her out to dinner, but how could she possibly leave Roger at loose ends?

“I’ve been having a wonderful time,” she began. “For a few days I explored the city on my own.”

“You haven’t been alone all the time, have you, darling?”

“We-ell no, not really.”

“I should hope not. Of course, I’m as jealous as can be of this fellow LeFeure, but I wouldn’t have thought much of him if he’d left you entirely to your own devices.”

She squeezed his hand. How wonderfully understanding he was. “Well, of course, he had his own friends to look up. He saw me fixed up at the hotel on our arrival, then took me out to dinner. I don’t remember the name of the place, but it was somewhere on the Boulevard St. Michel. One of those outdoor places partitioned by hedges.”

“Oh, yes, I know. And what did you do after that?”

“We went up to the Eiffel Tower.”

“What, in the dark?”

“The lights of Paris were lovely.”

Roger glanced at her face. She looked rather strained.

“And what else, darling?” he prompted quietly. “Have you really been enjoying yourself?”

“Oh yes.

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