The Darcie Boleyn Holiday Romance Collection by Darcie Boleyn

Author:Darcie Boleyn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Published: 2022-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

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At the airport, Frankie made her way to the toilets. The Uber driver she’d called hadn’t blinked when she’d got into the back of the car still wearing her wedding dress. He’d just popped the boot and put her suitcase in there then chatted about the weather and latest headlines as he’d driven her to Heathrow. It made Frankie wonder how often he actually picked up runaway brides from the bottom of the driveway of stately homes. Waiting there had been hell, as it had been busy as guests arrived, so she’d spent the thirty minutes diving behind a nearby hedge every time she heard a car engine, until finally the Uber driver had pulled up and beeped the horn. She’d sprung from her hiding place like a highwayman in wait, and hurried over to the vehicle; another thing that the driver hadn’t commented on. After her exchange with Grandma, she hadn’t wanted to encounter anyone, knowing that seeing Frankie in her soiled and torn gown would only fuel the gossip when Grandma and Rolo announced that the wedding had been called off.

As she entered the bright white toilets, she looked around. Thankfully, it was quiet, so she didn’t have to deal with the curious stares of strangers. She dragged her suitcase into the disabled cubicle and locked the door, then lowered the lid of the toilet and sank onto it.

Exhaustion blurred her edges and she closed her eyes for a moment. It felt as if this morning had happened to someone else. It was all so surreal, like something she’d heard about or watched on TV. Even her conversation with Rolo now had a dreamlike quality to it, especially the smoking. How had she been unaware all this time that he was a smoker? But then, as he’d said, there were probably lots of things they didn’t know about each other. Why he’d hidden it from her was something else she was confused about. She didn’t smoke herself and never had, except for the few cigarettes she’d tried at boarding school when one of the girls had sneaked a pack in, but she hadn’t enjoyed the taste or the dizziness it brought, so she’d left it alone. However, she’d never stressed a vehement opposition to it either, so Rolo’s secrecy was odd. Unless… perhaps he’d wanted to have secrets from her. Rolo liked people to see him a certain way, depending upon who they were, and it was highly likely that that applied to Frankie too.

She opened her eyes and stared at her suitcase. She’d packed it for her honeymoon on a tropical island and a quick mental recap informed her that it held tiny bikinis, sarongs, silky slips and her ereader – well, she had suspected that she’d have time to read as the passion between her and Rolo hadn’t exactly burned brightly, so she’d known she’d need something to while away the hours. She recalled packing some linen trousers and shorts and T-shirts as well, but hoped she’d included some jeans and a jumper, or at least a hoodie.

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