What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? by Izzy Hunter

Author:Izzy Hunter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Chicklit, british, Romantic comedy, contemporary romance, adventure
Publisher: Izzy Hunter
Published: 2019-03-30T16:00:00+00:00

SCENE

It was after one o'clock when Alice drove them back to her flat so she could chuck some stuff in a suitcase. During the drive over, Douglas called Eve to casually find out her itinerary for the week. Alice had to bite her tongue when she heard Eve's tinny voice coming from Douglas's phone.

“Yup,” he said, after ending the call. “Same schedule - Liverpool, Durham, then up to Scotland.”

“How convenient.”

“It makes sense if they're part of a team,” Douglas said.

“Yeah, they're part of a team alright. Team Adulterous Bastards.”

She was a little embarrassed, if she was being honest when she opened the door to the flat. She'd only be living there for a matter of weeks, and it had been a bit of a rush to move her stuff out of the apartment she and Ben had shared. But, still, it looked like she had just dumped boxes in each room to gather dust. This was the first time anyone else had been in the flat, and she regretted not telling Douglas to stay in the car while she popped inside.

“Sorry about the mess.” The apology came automatically while they were still in the long, narrow hallway. “Just wait here. I won't take long.”

Douglas shrugged. “Okay,” he said, his eyes already taking in the tired floral wallpaper and cheap pine desk that housed a still-unopened box and an old landline phone.

Satisfied the hallway was the only thing he could judge, Alice hurried down the hallway and disappeared into the room at the end, closing the door behind her.

First she opened the wardrobe to choose from the clothes she had bothered to take out of the pile of bin bags in the corner of the room. She didn't need anything fancy, so jeans and sweaters would do. Her holdall sat underneath the bed, full of bits and bobs. She opened it, emptied the contents onto the unmade bed and started filling it with the chosen clothes.

When she was shoving a pair of pyjamas into the already-full bag, she heard the toilet flush. She hurried to finish and left the room just as Douglas was walking into the living room to her left.

“I know it's a mess,” she said defensively, following him in.

Douglas looked around. “Just like every other recently moved into place. It took me two years to eventually de-box everything. And less than two months later, I moved out again.”

Alice felt a little better after that. “Your place is gorgeous, by the way.”

“Oh, that's all Eve's doing. She's the interior designer of the two of us.”

“I've changed my mind. It's a dump,” She said, without missing a beat.

Douglas smiled wryly. “Shall we get going? I know Liverpool isn't as far as Scotland, but I do want to get there before the last second of recorded time.”

Alice rounded on him. “Has anyone ever told you you're very sarky?” She asked with a smile.

“Constantly. So shall we?”

It was when they were making their way out of the city that the possibility of hotels was first mentioned.

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