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‘I’m sorry.’ His tone was soft.
‘Sorry for what?’
‘For what I said and for being stupid. You were right. I was jealous.’
‘I’m sorry I hit you.’
‘I’m sorry I provoked you. I should know by now you have a mean right hook.’
‘I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about Jonny the minute he walked into the office.’
‘I think I overreacted because of who it was. He was the only man you trusted to tell everything to before you met me. He was important to you; you loved him.’
‘I loved him when I was seventeen. I don’t love him now. Anyway, you have to trust me.’
She looked across at him. Her handsome fiancé, the man who graces magazine covers and wore swimwear on David Letterman.
‘How bizarre is this conversation? You’re the one idolised by millions of women, most of whom are a thousand times better looking than me. You snog a different actress every other month. If there’s anyone who should be having a fit of jealousy here, it’s me.’
‘One large tea, one coffee and four doughnuts with chocolate sauce.’ Casey put the order on the table.
‘You ordered doughnuts,’ Nicholas remarked.
‘I was depressed.’
‘Can I share?’
‘I suppose so. But no hogging the sauce.’ She picked up a doughnut, tore some off and dipped it in the sauce.
‘Listen, if Jonny’s genuine about donating all that money and time to your project, I do think it’s great,’ Nicholas told her.
‘Well, I was suspicious of his intentions at first, but the trade off was I have to take some photographs of some of his hotels.’
‘That doesn’t sound like too bad a deal.’
‘No, and besides that, I really think he feels bad about the way he treated me. Everyone has a moment in their life when they take stock, think back, regret things and want to try and put them right. Perhaps this is his.’
‘So, are we friends again?’
‘Well that depends on how many doughnuts you’re planning on eating.’
‘I thought I might order a chilli burger with everything on it actually.’
‘Make that two and we’re BFFs.’
After food at Casey’s, they got ice creams from the ice cream parlour and ate them on the walk back to their home. One of the joys of living in America was ice cream available all year round. Even though the night was almost as frosty as their dessert, it still tasted good.
‘He has a crap car,’ Freya said, her mouth full of ice cream.
‘Who? Jonny? I thought you said he was a millionaire.’
‘He is, but he obviously has bad taste in cars. And he had a driver.’ She laughed at the absurdity.
‘Then he obviously classed meeting you as an official function.’
‘Either that or he’s just plain lazy. Listen, I spoke to Emma today and told her we’d set a date for the wedding.’
‘And can she make it?’
