Page 105 of I Knew You Were Trouble

‘Hi.’

She steps back and signals for us to pass, which is difficult because she’s in the way and it’s a narrow space.

‘Ady, out of the way,’ says Willem gruffly, but she stays put. He sidesteps her, our cases in hand, and I follow. Adriana closes the door behind us with a little more force than is probably required.

Yep, she’s definitely out of sorts and Ireallyhope it’s not because of me.

Willem walks over to the wide doorway that leads to the bedrooms and sets our cases down. Adriana watches him closely, her hands on her hips.

‘So, you two are toge?—’

She’s interrupted by the sound of a toilet flushing.

Did Lucia beat us here?I wonder. We’d hoped to arrive first to make the introductions. But with Adriana obviously pissed off, polite introductions are the least of my worries.

‘Who else is here?’ Willem asks Adriana.

‘The ghost of the old lady who died here,’ she replies sarcastically, and he huffs with annoyance.

‘Hi, cuz.’

I thought I’d had my fair share of surprises over the past few weeks, but the fates clearly have something else in mind and here’s yet another one.

‘Margot, what the hell are you doing here?’

She wipes her still-damp hands down the front of her trousers.

‘What?’ she asks defensively.

‘I told you not to come. Lucia’s arriving soon and we have?—’

‘I know, I know,’ she says, ‘but I’d already bought my ticket and besides, Ady was expecting me.’

I look over at Adriana, who’s now nibbling on her thumbnail. A moment ago, she was about to give me a bollocking; now she looks like she’s expecting one from me.

Then it dawns on me, and my head swivels towards Margot.

‘Is this what I think it is?’ I ask.

‘I’m not sure. What do you think it is?’ she replies evenly.

‘Don’t be coy, Margot. Are you and Ady seeing each other?’ I glance back at Ady, who hurriedly looks away, then return my gaze to Margot.

Margot drops her head back and sighs, then looks at me again. ‘Yes.’

‘Sincewhen?’

‘Since the weekend you showed up to tell me about Jon,’ Adriana replies quietly, drawing my gaze. Right, so they must have got together after the girls’ night out while Willem and I were at dinner. ‘We like each other – and it’s fun,’ she adds with a casual shrug.

I stare at Adriana, dumbstruck. There’s so much to unpack here, and most of it is contradictory.

Adriana’s pissed off about me and Willem, yet she’s been shagging my cousin. Margot warned me not to fall in love, but she and Ady seem to be embarking on a relationship.

What the actual fuck?

I drop my face into my hands and groan, and Margot comes over and pats me on the back.

‘Are you okay?’ she asks.

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