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happy.” Her head jerked back, and her eyes widened. “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to imply anything about you.”
She rested her hand on Hol y’s arm.
Hol y chuckled. “Don’t worry, I know what you mean.”
Stewart had lost that tension. She smiled at him. She was pleased, it didn’t suit him.
He winked at her. Again, she had the feeling that they shared a secret. Not psychic but something like an understanding of one another. While Donna chatted to them, Stewart moved his hand along the kitchen work surface they were leaning up against. It was a casual move, but it meant that his hand was behind Hol y’s back. It made her spine tingle, self-awareness stripping her bare.
When she looked his way, their eyes locked. Everything about him was warm and inviting. Just the way he is, same as with Donna , she reminded herself. It was his way.
After Donna moved on, however, they stayed in that position, neither of them breaking with it. The close proximity of their bodies meant that they were physical y touching down one side. He probably didn’t realise, Hol y told herself.
Stewart nodded over at Josh, who was engaged in a conversation with his cousins. “If you were pretending to be my date to do me a favour, I’d make the most of it.”
His thumb caressed her spine. He’d been aware of his position al along.
Hol y’s heartbeat tripped. “Now you’re being naughty.”
“I’m being honest.” He lifted one shoulder in a shrug. “I’d take ful advantage of the situation. Ideal y we both would.” His mouth moved in a sensual smile.
Hol y simmered in response. The suggestive tone in his words made her stomach flip. Proximity made her think about last night, and how he’d made love to Joshua. How would it feel to have his body over hers, to have him handle her the way he had handled Joshua? As she al owed the fantasy to flit through her mind and senses, her lips parted and she stared into his eyes. Unblinking, he looked back at her, engaging with her and waiting for her response. With his sensual smile and his attractive physique, he was the epitome of sexual charm. And he was sure of himself, sure in every way. It was devastating.
Hol y took a quick sip of her wine then put her glass down lest her hand shook and she spil ed it. She was about to brush off his suggestive comment, but before she had a chance to respond Josh wandered over.
“You guys okay for drink?”
“Yup,” Stewart answered, “and I’m taking good care of your date.”
He was brazen. Josh, however, was startled. He looked at Hol y, guiltily. “Sorry, did I leave you on your own for too long?”
“No, not at al . Stewart’s winding you up.”
“Right.” He gave Stewart a faux disapproving glance. “Come on, let’s go into the lounge. Some of the comfy seats have been freed up.”
When they entered the room, Joshua’s mum cleared his younger brother, Kyle, off the sofa and urged the three of them to sit down. Kyle was the only one who didn’t have dark hair and Hol y surmised he was the one who’d taken after dad. They perched in unison, and it struck Hol y as rather funny, the way they were moving around as one, a little group of their own now with their own sofa.
A friendly-looking grey-haired man entered the room a moment later, a bottle of wine in each hand. “This must be the lovely Hol y,” he declared when he saw her sitting by Joshua, and headed over to top up her wine glass. “Oh yes, I can see why you caught his eye.”
Hol y mustered a smile.
“When you moved in with another man,” Kyle interrupted, very loudly, as he squatted on a footstool, “we al thought you were gay.”
Hol y’s hand shook, the wine in her glass sloshing from side to side.
“Oops, too ful ,” Mr Dawson said, apparently having missed Kyle’s comment.
Did I imagine that, or did I hear right? That was Hol y’s first reaction. Then she felt the discomfort in Joshua. She had heard right. She didn’t have to look
She rested her hand on Hol y’s arm.
Hol y chuckled. “Don’t worry, I know what you mean.”
Stewart had lost that tension. She smiled at him. She was pleased, it didn’t suit him.
He winked at her. Again, she had the feeling that they shared a secret. Not psychic but something like an understanding of one another. While Donna chatted to them, Stewart moved his hand along the kitchen work surface they were leaning up against. It was a casual move, but it meant that his hand was behind Hol y’s back. It made her spine tingle, self-awareness stripping her bare.
When she looked his way, their eyes locked. Everything about him was warm and inviting. Just the way he is, same as with Donna , she reminded herself. It was his way.
After Donna moved on, however, they stayed in that position, neither of them breaking with it. The close proximity of their bodies meant that they were physical y touching down one side. He probably didn’t realise, Hol y told herself.
Stewart nodded over at Josh, who was engaged in a conversation with his cousins. “If you were pretending to be my date to do me a favour, I’d make the most of it.”
His thumb caressed her spine. He’d been aware of his position al along.
Hol y’s heartbeat tripped. “Now you’re being naughty.”
“I’m being honest.” He lifted one shoulder in a shrug. “I’d take ful advantage of the situation. Ideal y we both would.” His mouth moved in a sensual smile.
Hol y simmered in response. The suggestive tone in his words made her stomach flip. Proximity made her think about last night, and how he’d made love to Joshua. How would it feel to have his body over hers, to have him handle her the way he had handled Joshua? As she al owed the fantasy to flit through her mind and senses, her lips parted and she stared into his eyes. Unblinking, he looked back at her, engaging with her and waiting for her response. With his sensual smile and his attractive physique, he was the epitome of sexual charm. And he was sure of himself, sure in every way. It was devastating.
Hol y took a quick sip of her wine then put her glass down lest her hand shook and she spil ed it. She was about to brush off his suggestive comment, but before she had a chance to respond Josh wandered over.
“You guys okay for drink?”
“Yup,” Stewart answered, “and I’m taking good care of your date.”
He was brazen. Josh, however, was startled. He looked at Hol y, guiltily. “Sorry, did I leave you on your own for too long?”
“No, not at al . Stewart’s winding you up.”
“Right.” He gave Stewart a faux disapproving glance. “Come on, let’s go into the lounge. Some of the comfy seats have been freed up.”
When they entered the room, Joshua’s mum cleared his younger brother, Kyle, off the sofa and urged the three of them to sit down. Kyle was the only one who didn’t have dark hair and Hol y surmised he was the one who’d taken after dad. They perched in unison, and it struck Hol y as rather funny, the way they were moving around as one, a little group of their own now with their own sofa.
A friendly-looking grey-haired man entered the room a moment later, a bottle of wine in each hand. “This must be the lovely Hol y,” he declared when he saw her sitting by Joshua, and headed over to top up her wine glass. “Oh yes, I can see why you caught his eye.”
Hol y mustered a smile.
“When you moved in with another man,” Kyle interrupted, very loudly, as he squatted on a footstool, “we al thought you were gay.”
Hol y’s hand shook, the wine in her glass sloshing from side to side.
“Oops, too ful ,” Mr Dawson said, apparently having missed Kyle’s comment.
Did I imagine that, or did I hear right? That was Hol y’s first reaction. Then she felt the discomfort in Joshua. She had heard right. She didn’t have to look
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