Page 29 of Pillow Talk
‘Just mind-blowing sex, right?’
Shona nodded while hiding behind her glass and taking a sip.
‘Then you should know that hot banker or accountant is checking you out,’ Anni said far too mischievously.
On cue, he walked towards them.
‘May I buy you ladies a drink?’
Anni jumped off her stool.
‘I’m just going to the ladies but you can buy my friend a drink,’ she said and was gone in a flash.
The tall, strikingly handsome man took her place.
‘Another Cosmo?’
Sen slipped his phone into his jacket pocket and walked back into the bar. Lawrence Jackard was a jackass. He knew nothing about property law but he wanted to find a way to work around it. It went against Sen’s principles and it would never fly at his father’s firm, so he would have to consider dropping him as a client.
When he got to the booth, Shona was missing. He sat down and Anni was watching him closely.
‘What’s up, Anni?’
‘Nothing. Just wondering if you’ll be as lucky as Shona tonight. She’s getting to know a very attractive accountant at the bar and there are so many beautiful city women here. Maybe you’ll meetsomeone too,’ she said sweetly.
Sam’s expression was one of confusion, while Sen’s eyes were on Shona flirting with some guy at the bar.
What the hell was she doing? He assumed they were exclusive. Could no strings attached be exclusive? He really didn’t know but right now he couldn’t stop his jaw from clenching and his eyes turning to steel.
Sam was watching the soccer on the screen above their table and Anni was watching him.
‘Fine, I think I’ll mingle,’ he said.
Anni, still smiling, nodded.
Sen walked towards the bar. Thankfully Anni and Sam’s seats were facing the other way.
He was not going to talk to anyone ortry his luck.
He sat on a stool two seats away from Shona.
Shona was bored and it was not Jeremy’s fault. Sen was on her mind. He wasn’t sitting with Sam and Anni and she wondered if he was still outside on his call.
‘Did you ever want to move away from Rally? I get that the town is beautiful – quaint – but I’m sure it can be suffocating,’ Jeremy asked.
‘Suffocating is putting it mildly. Once upon a time I dreamed about living somewhere else,’ she replied.
Her tongue was loose after those boozy drinks.
‘What stopped you?’
‘Family obligation. Fear. A boy,’ she replied.
‘Come on, honey. You could have got around those things,’ Jeremy replied.
‘It’s not so easy. I’ve dealt with the family obligation. But thefear is still there,’ she said.
‘And the boy?’
