Undisclosed Desires (High Rise Novella Two) by Bliss Harper

Author:Bliss, Harper [Bliss, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Ladylit
Published: 2012-12-15T22:00:00+00:00

NAT

Nat zipped up the escalator, Cindy’s nervous giggles at the same time stirring anticipation in her blood and launching an assault on her nerves. What had Isabella said? Don’t you want something better for yourself than an endless slew of girls you deliberately choose because they won’t mean anything to you? And what about the girls? Don’t they deserve someone who can at least pretend to care for them for longer than a night? It’s a lose-lose situation. No one gains anything in the long run.

As the evening had progressed, flashes of Isabella’s advice had materialised in Nat’s brain in between shots of Scotch—Cindy had wisely opted for another glass of wine. Then there was the memory of Isabella running her long fingers over the paperbacks on her book shelf. She’d done it reverently, with passion in her eyes. The look on her face betraying the desire to pull one out and settle in the sofa for the night.

The more her brain had suffered from Isabella-related images, the more Nat had put the moves on Cindy. She was cute as a button with her pouty lips, round cheeks and eyes as dark as the night—they all had eyes like that, no matter how glittery their jewellery and make-up.

She tested some first lines for a short story titled The Darkness of the Hello Kitty Girls. She could picture Cindy on the cover. Eyes blazing and mouth giggling. As if the bubblegum factor of their cheery-pink exterior is all a means to hide the blackness of their stare. Nat had soon aborted the little writing session in her head. If Isabella was fucking Sophie tonight, she’d be taking Cindy home. And even if Sophie and Isabella were all chaste about it and decided that the first date after a blind date should be platonic, then at least Nat would have one up on Isabella.

She could easily imagine how Isabella would look at her if she were to confess to having thoughts—or was it more like a strategy?—like this. Ever-accepting eyes peering over dark-rimmed glasses—the ones she put on for watching TV—her face drawn into a serious expression but the sparkle in her glance revealing her true feelings.

They were almost at the top of the escalator, at the street of The Ivy, when Nat realised what the real question was. Why had she insisted on setting them up? Why had it been so important? Deep down, it started dawning, but she’d need a few more processing sessions with Isabella before she could actually admit it.

Cindy grabbed her hand as they turned the corner, her tiny clammy fingers probing their way between Nat’s.

“Are you sure?” Nat faced her one last time. Not that she questioned Cindy’s eagerness, more her own.

Cindy’s only response was a squeeze in Nat’s hand accompanied by an unexpected confident smirk. And people claim these girls are interchangeable, Nat scoffed inwardly—mostly for the benefit of her own self-esteem.

Spencer, the doorman, held the glass doors wide open for them, his face as professionally blank as ever.

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