Choosing Her Lover
Chapter 14
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The front doors swish open and Ben strides in. “Hi, how’s my favourite girl?”
Calm down….
“Hi, Ben. I’m busy right now. Is it anything particular or just….”
“Just thought I’d drop by to see if you’re free for lunch?”
Should I?
Why not?
“I’m off at one. Is that good for you?”
“Great. I’ll come back then.”
He turns to leave but as he does so, the elevator doors open and Charlotte steps out into the lobby, followed by James. Both are carrying large bags. A fluorescent yellow hard-hat, the kind that might be worn on a building site, peeps from the top of Charlotte’s.
There is something about the way the two move. Although they walk with a distance between them, somehow James’ proprietorial attitude to Charlotte still radiates wide.
Ben’s eyes narrow as he sees them.
“Oh hello, Ben. I didn’t know you were around.” smiles Charlotte. “Are you here to see me for something?”
“No, I just called by to say hello to Kirstie,” he replies. His words are polite, but his eyes are on James and are not friendly.
perplexed, then switches on a cool expression. “Hello, Ben. Charlotte and I
Ben’s voice is also cool.
the ground-works set out for the new
what’s Charlotte got to do with
you know, a trainee. She’s going to be spending time with the surveyors over the next few days to learn what their job involves…. I assume you don’t have a
flushes. “No,
We’ll be on our way,
Charlotte, his hand resting in
like this you know. He behaves
the hell do
a change of subject. “I’ve got to get some work done now, Ben. See you
He looks thoughtful. “Yeah, I’ll
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doesn’t speak. I try to start a conversation, but he’s not interested.
I get a phone call. It’s
“Hey, Sis, what’s wrong?”
Kirstie. I thought he was going to propose, but he dumped me
Who’s dumped you?
he wanted to talk to me. I thought he was going to ask me to marry him, but instead, he said
I’m sorry. You
and now Rob. I
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on the beach, he jogs up to me smiling, his mood obviously much improved, but his face
got from my sister. Her fuckwit boyfriend’s just
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