Page 45 of Pillow Talk
He nodded.
‘It’s the subtropical heat. If you’re not used to it, it can make you ill,’ Anni said sympathetically.
‘Let’s head home too,’ she said to Sam.
He’d already paid the bill, so the group left together.
Sen took the lift. Shona opened the door before he knocked. She pulled him in, pushing the door closed behind him in one fluid movement.
‘That was longer than 45minutes.’
‘We had to stop at the pharmacy for something for Kaavi’sheadache,’ he replied.
Shona nodded.
‘Before we do it, I need to know if there’s anything going on with Sven.’
Shona shook her head.
‘Sven is the mysterious neighbour. I’d forgotten about the cousin you used to visit upcountry. I thought Kaavi was someone you were seeing so I asked Sven to come along because I didn’t want to be the only single person at the table,’ she explained.
The relief on Sen’s face was obvious and he didn’t try to hide it.
Shona reached to the hem of her body-hugging dress and pulled the garment over her head. She dropped it on the nearby armchair.
Sen drank her in. She was a vision.
She reached out and led him to her bedroom.
Shona’s heart was still racing and she was trying to catch her breath when the weight on the bed shifted. Sen had got up and was heading to the bathroom.
Shona pulled the covers over her and yawned. She expected him to come back to bed, but instead he started dressing.
Shona didn’t speak. She just watched him. Sen was a gorgeous specimen. His height, dark hair and beautiful eyes could make any woman’s knees turn to jelly.
‘I’m heading out,’ he said. He didn’t look directly at her.
‘Okay,’ she replied, a little too casually.
He walked towards her as if he planned to kiss her goodbye but stopped, turned and left.
Shona heard the door close and the Yale lock click into place.
She got out of bed and went to the bathroom. She removed hermakeup, then had a shower.
The last two hours had been more than satisfying. In fact, they were pure ecstasy.
Why did she feel so empty?
Chapter
Eight
She saw Sen three times that week. It was always the same. They’d fall into bed. He’d leave. No texts. No phone calls.
The one time she asked how his day was, he gave her a one-word answer: good.
Shona had to go in to Durban on Friday. She was meeting Maddie Harper at Felicity’s office. Once word spread about her creating Maddie’s dress, there was an influx of enquiries. But Shona didn’t want to take on any more without a proper business plan in place. She may have run the family shop for years but she still needed advice.
