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‘I love you too.’ He reached out and gently touched her face, drawing her towards him to kiss her. ‘Listen, if you want to hold off on the wedding, I would understand,’ he said.
‘Is that what you want?’ Freya asked him.
‘Hell no! I want to marry you now more than ever.’
‘Then let’s do it.’ She nodded with determination.
‘Where?’
‘Anywhere, I don’t care. Casey’s? Statue of Liberty? Bungee jumping over the Grand Canyon? You choose.’ She laughed.
Breaking the moment, Nicholas’ phone began to ring.
‘Argh! You said you’d turned it off. I can’t be marrying someone who can’t be separated from their mobile phone.’ She jumped up.
‘I can’t be married to someone who can’t be separated from their cameras. I see Claude under your t-shirt and I also saw you sneak Max into the car,’ Nicholas called to her.
‘Pervert! You’re nothing but a dirty voyeur, watching my every move.’ She set off across the bridge.
‘It’s Sandra. I’ll catch you up.’
She waved her hand at him and Nicholas put the phone to his ear.
‘Hello, Sandra… You did? Good. Yes, tonight’s fine. What time and where? Eight at the President’s Lounge? Yeah, I know where it is. OK, thanks. I’ll see you.’
She wasn’t stupid. She knew this was the call he’d been waiting all morning for. She just wished he wasn’t hiding it from her. There was no way she was going to let him go anywhere near her father.
‘Smile!’ she called, focusing her camera on him.
‘Freya, that was Sandra. I’ve got to do an interview tonight at eight on some chat show on the Film Factor Network. It was supposed to be next week but they want to tape it tonight so…’
Freya let out a heavy sigh and shook her head at him.
‘What’s wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?’
‘I know you’re planning to meet my father. I heard you this morning. And now you’re lying to me about it. We said no more secrets and you’re making up some bullshit about going to do a show when you’re planning on putting yourself in a room with that madman.’
Nicholas held up his hands in defeat.
‘You can phone Sandra back right now and tell her to cancel. I won’t let you go and see him.’ She sniffed, tried to stop the tears from being created.
‘I’m sorry I lied but I’m not sorry I made the appointment. I have to sort this out.’
‘No.’
‘It’s not your decision to make. He’s hurting both of us now. I’m in this just as much as you and I want it to stop. He’s not going to control our lives. He’s not going to hurt the people we care about. And he’s not going to drive a wedge between us.’ He slammed his hand down on the bridge.
‘Nick, you don’t understand…’
‘No. I’ve heard enough about it. I’m going to see him. I’m going to see him and I’m going to end this.’
‘But…’
‘No. No buts. End of conversation.’
21
‘Freya, where the hell have you been all day? Why haven’t you been answering your mobile?!’
