Perfect Partners by Stephanie Cage

Author:Stephanie Cage
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, contemporary
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2013-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

It seemed only a moment later that Lisa was roused by a shrill, unfamiliar ringing, which told her immediately that something had changed. She always woke to a CD of gentle music to ease her into the day. This wasn’t her alarm, nor was it the familiar ring tone of her phone.

She looked around, puzzled, and lit on Redmond’s face beside her. Recollection dawned.

She’d slept soundly, more tired than she’d realised from her eventful day. Judging by the light streaming through the curtains, she’d also slept for longer than she’d expected.

Beside her, Redmond pushed back the covers and stumbled sleepily towards the heap of clothes on the floor from which the noise was emanating. It must be his mobile — that was why the tone was unfamiliar to her. She lay back and watched through half-closed eyes as Redmond, dressed only in a brief pair of shorts, leaned over and rummaged for his phone. The whole situation felt slightly unreal. She could hardly remember the last time she’d had a guy in her flat, never mind in her bedroom, and now here she was lying in bed watching him wandering around in his underwear as casually as if he’d woken in his own home.

Redmond retrieved the phone and snapped out a greeting, settling himself on the edge of the bed with his long limbs tucked up underneath him.

“Sorry,” he mouthed over his shoulder at Lisa, who gave a wry grin.

Actually, she wasn’t sorry she’d been woken. It must be time she got up anyway, although the alarm hadn’t gone off so it couldn’t be too late. And if they’d stayed asleep, she wouldn’t have been able to admire Redmond’s bare, muscular body as he spoke.

“No, not at all,” he said after a brief silence. “We were just getting up anyway.” He flashed Lisa a grin and shifted back across the bed so that he was sitting near enough to play with her hair as he talked.

“Tonight? Yes, I should think so. I’ll check. Hang on.”

Redmond put his phone on mute.

“What?” Lisa asked sleepily.

“Tim wants the crew to come and film our practice tonight.”

Lisa was pleased now that she’d tried dancing in the restaurant. At least she knew her ankle would hold out. She wouldn’t have wanted to be worrying about it all day, but she also wouldn’t like to turn down the camera crew. She knew the competition was as much a popularity contest as a test of their dancing skills.

“Is that OK?” Redmond continued.

She nodded, and Redmond leaned down to plant a kiss on her lips before returning to the phone call.

“No problem,” he told Tim, and made a few more arrangements before ringing off.

“We’re on!” Redmond flung his phone somewhere in the heap of covers and folded Lisa into his arms. “They love us. I knew they would. Now we just need to win!”

“Funny he phoned so early, though,” Lisa remarked.

Redmond looked down at her, amused. “Why, how early do you think it is?”

“Well, my alarm hasn’t

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