The Secret Notebook by Julia Wild

Author:Julia Wild [Wild, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008418571
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

After showering, Izzie found herself dressing with care. Picking out a turquoise sundress, she twisted her loose waves into a scruffy bun and rooted out her hoop earrings. That delicious sense of freedom, a growing feeling of new happiness, saw her smile broadly in front of the hallway mirror. And because they had set the boundaries of their relationship, Izzie allowed herself to look forward to Justin arriving.

Rain pounded down and when his car pulled onto her drive, Izzie opened the front door, ready with the table set and a bottle of wine open.

‘Hi!’ Her broad smile answered Justin’s as she noticed that he too had made an effort. She stood aside so he could hurry indoors with their food, took in his white pilot shirt and black trousers. The word hot flashed up in her mind. Some men, she thought, just wore their clothes so well…

‘Go straight through, Justin, everything’s ready.’

‘Got a towel, Izzie, love?’ He turned to face her in the hallway and she swapped a hand towel for the bag of fish and chips.

Drops ran down his face, spiked his lashes, did nothing to diminish the light of laughter shining in his eyes.

Just minutes later, dried off, Izzie and Justin enjoyed their feast, music played quietly in the background, little need to fill any silences.

‘We should take another trip to the beach on the next dry day that you’re not working, before it turns too cold,’ Izzie suggested once they’d finished eating.

‘I’ll drink to that. Cheers,’ Justin said. They clinked glasses and Izzie felt the tight spring of emotion within relax another notch whilst they chattered, shared some memories. ‘You’ll probably laugh, but I remember being insanely jealous,’ Justin admitted, ‘when we played spin the bottle with our crowd and you kissed Daniel Topping.’

‘You were jealous?’ She shook her head, grimaced. ‘You had no need. I only fancied you. Do you still see Daniel? Any of the old crowd?’

‘Sure. Not Daniel – he lives in Australia now – but I see the others now and then.’ He brought her up to date on what their friends were up to these days.

‘I’ve really enjoyed today, Izzie,’ he said when they were done eating, then stood and took both their plates to the sink, to plunge them into the soapy water there. He looked at her over his shoulder when she moved behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, pressed her cheek into his toned back.

‘Me too.’

He turned around in the circle of her arms, his mouth finding and closing over hers in a long, delicious kiss, one of his soapy hands holding her cheek, his other pulling her close into him. A familiar sensation spread through her. It was as though every single nerve ending in her body remembered him.

Justin raised his mouth from hers when the doorbell rang, rested his forehead against hers and gave a slight grimace. ‘Bet that’s my mother.’

Rising up on her tiptoes, Izzie kissed his lips briefly and went to see.

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