Wanting by Penny Jordan

Author:Penny Jordan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1984-02-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

‘HEATHER, I didn’t expect to see you back so soon.’

‘I’m sure you didn’t,’ Heather agreed dryly, as her cousin opened the flat door a little wider. ‘But as I am here, how about letting me in?’

‘Of course. Oh, you poor thing!’ Jennifer exclaimed. ‘You look exhausted! When did you leave Scotland? Did….’

‘This morning, and yes, I did see Race,’ Heather agreed dryly, her composure abandoning her for a moment as she exclaimed huskily, ‘Oh, Jen, how could you?’

‘I know, I’m sorry,’ Jennifer apologised as she helped her in, taking her case. ‘Mum’s already torn a strip off me. Oh, I told her all about it after you’d gone. How I was sure you were in love with Race and that he wasn’t exactly indifferent to you. Mum said you’d be furious with me, and rightly, but he was so persuasive.’ This last comment ended on a wail, and Heather had to fight down the memory of exactly how persuasive Race Williams could be when it suited him.

‘What happened between you?’ Jennifer begged. ‘You were supposed to stay up there for two months. When you didn’t come straight back I thought I must have done the right thing and that all you needed was some time alone together to sort out your differences.’

‘We were snowed in together, otherwise I’d have come straight back,’ Heather told her coolly, anxious for there to be no more mistakes or misunderstandings. When Race eventually returned to London, she didn’t want to be embarrassed by Jennifer constantly trying to throw the two of them together….

‘So it didn’t work, then?’

‘There was nothing to work,’ Heather stressed. ‘Jen, Race wanted me sexually, but he doesn’t love me, and….’

‘And you love him,’ Jen supplied softly. ‘Oh God, Heather, I’m so sorry. Has he come back with you?’

Heather shook her head. ‘No. He had work to do, and I decided, that is….’ She bit her lip guiltily, not wanting to think about that final morning they had shared. The situation had grown intolerable after Race had rejected her and she had welcomed the thaw which had come two days later. Race had gone to the MacNeils to borrow their Range-Rover and had driven her into the village to her car. They had parted without words, without any acknowledgement of what had happened between them, Heather too proud to refer to it and Race still too angry. She hadn’t allowed herself the luxury of tears on the journey back, and now her eyes felt gritty with them, her throat aching.

‘Oh, Heather, I can’t tell you how sorry I am,’ Jennifer said remorsefully, and Heather knew her cousin wasn’t merely referring to having tricked her. ‘I haven’t dared ring Mum since,’ she admitted, ‘you know what she’s like when she gets mad. She’s ten times more protective of you than she is of me. Do you know what she said to me? She said you were too vulnerable and that sometimes she was frightened for you.’

The salt taste of tears stung the back of Heather’s throat.

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