do her business any good.
‘What a wanker!’ Sapphire exclaimed as taxi pulled away.
‘Yeah, but now that wanker is going to make it look as if there is something going on between us. Jesus Christ!’ Cal put his head in his hands. ‘The last thing I need is for Angel to see the pictures and jump to the wrong conclusion.’
‘Oh Cal! I’m sorry, I didn’t think of it like that,’ Sapphire replied.
‘And it’s not just Angel, what about Jay? He’ll probably be wound up by the pictures.’
‘Jay’ll be cool,’ Sapphire replied. ‘He knows he can trust me.’
‘Well, if you need me to call him now and explain what happened, I will. I don’t want to cause any trouble for you, Sapphire.’
‘Thanks Cal, but it’ll be all right.’
To Sapphire’s relief Jay was already at the flat. She walked straight into his arms and stayed there without saying anything while Jay stroked her hair. ‘Long day?’ he finally murmured. ‘How about I run you a bath?’
She nodded gratefully. Jay was so sweet. She’d never gone out with a man who looked after her like he did. For the hundredth time she compared him to Alfie. Even on those occasions when she’d been ill with flu or whatever, Alfie hadn’t gone out of his way to look after her. Instead he had been more concerned that he would get ill. What had she ever seen in him?
While she had her bath, Jay sat on the floor and chatted to her. She told him all about her evening with Cal and about the photographer. ‘So if you see pictures that make out there is something between us, I swear there’s not. I wonder if I should get a message to Angel? Jazz knows her best friend.’
‘You could but maybe that looks as if you’ve got something to feel guilty about. Best to ignore it, babe.’
‘How did you get to be so wise for such a young boy?’she demanded, leaning over the edge of the bath and kissing him.
‘Maybe I’ve learnt from all the older women I’ve been out with,’ Jay replied, kissing her back.
‘Cheeky bastard!’ Sapphire exclaimed and reaching in the bath water for a sponge threw it at Jay, soaking his T-shirt.
He stood up. ‘Seeing as how you got me all wet, I’m going to join you in the bath, Miss Jones.’
And to Sapphire’s delight he peeled off his wet T-shirt and shucked off his jeans and boxers and got in the bath with her. And at the sight of his gorgeously toned body she no longer felt tired . . .
That night in bed Jay held her closer than ever. She felt completely blissed out and happier than she had been for a very long time, until Jay whispered ‘Love you, Sapphire,’ so quietly that she thought she must have imagined it. She immediately tensed, the blissed out feeling vanished. The L-word complicated everything, it was just not somewhere she wanted to go with Jay; she wanted things to stay exactly the way they were . . .
Chapter 5
IN THE DAYS that followed, Sapphire was so busy planning for Georgia’s hen weekend that she barely had time to think about anything else. Jay’s
love
you
hung in her head somewhere like an unanswered question but she tried not to think about it. And ever since her father’s death Sapphire was very skilled at burying things she didn’t want to deal with. Right now it was her business she needed to focus on one hundred per cent.
Although Georgia had said that she was going to leave all the arrangements to Sapphire, she then changed her mind and asked Simone Fraser to oversee the weekend. Bad news. Simone Fraser couldn’t miss an opportunity to stick her nose in and make diva-like demands. She wanted to know what was to happen practically minute by minute. Sapphire had visions of herself running around on the day with a headset and clipboard timing every event and taking her orders from Simone.
Simone wasn’t particularly friendly to Sapphire and Sapphire thought she knew why. The photographs of her and Cal did indeed make it into the tabloids and celeb mags. It was no great surprise,
‘What a wanker!’ Sapphire exclaimed as taxi pulled away.
‘Yeah, but now that wanker is going to make it look as if there is something going on between us. Jesus Christ!’ Cal put his head in his hands. ‘The last thing I need is for Angel to see the pictures and jump to the wrong conclusion.’
‘Oh Cal! I’m sorry, I didn’t think of it like that,’ Sapphire replied.
‘And it’s not just Angel, what about Jay? He’ll probably be wound up by the pictures.’
‘Jay’ll be cool,’ Sapphire replied. ‘He knows he can trust me.’
‘Well, if you need me to call him now and explain what happened, I will. I don’t want to cause any trouble for you, Sapphire.’
‘Thanks Cal, but it’ll be all right.’
To Sapphire’s relief Jay was already at the flat. She walked straight into his arms and stayed there without saying anything while Jay stroked her hair. ‘Long day?’ he finally murmured. ‘How about I run you a bath?’
She nodded gratefully. Jay was so sweet. She’d never gone out with a man who looked after her like he did. For the hundredth time she compared him to Alfie. Even on those occasions when she’d been ill with flu or whatever, Alfie hadn’t gone out of his way to look after her. Instead he had been more concerned that he would get ill. What had she ever seen in him?
While she had her bath, Jay sat on the floor and chatted to her. She told him all about her evening with Cal and about the photographer. ‘So if you see pictures that make out there is something between us, I swear there’s not. I wonder if I should get a message to Angel? Jazz knows her best friend.’
‘You could but maybe that looks as if you’ve got something to feel guilty about. Best to ignore it, babe.’
‘How did you get to be so wise for such a young boy?’she demanded, leaning over the edge of the bath and kissing him.
‘Maybe I’ve learnt from all the older women I’ve been out with,’ Jay replied, kissing her back.
‘Cheeky bastard!’ Sapphire exclaimed and reaching in the bath water for a sponge threw it at Jay, soaking his T-shirt.
He stood up. ‘Seeing as how you got me all wet, I’m going to join you in the bath, Miss Jones.’
And to Sapphire’s delight he peeled off his wet T-shirt and shucked off his jeans and boxers and got in the bath with her. And at the sight of his gorgeously toned body she no longer felt tired . . .
That night in bed Jay held her closer than ever. She felt completely blissed out and happier than she had been for a very long time, until Jay whispered ‘Love you, Sapphire,’ so quietly that she thought she must have imagined it. She immediately tensed, the blissed out feeling vanished. The L-word complicated everything, it was just not somewhere she wanted to go with Jay; she wanted things to stay exactly the way they were . . .
Chapter 5
IN THE DAYS that followed, Sapphire was so busy planning for Georgia’s hen weekend that she barely had time to think about anything else. Jay’s
love
you
hung in her head somewhere like an unanswered question but she tried not to think about it. And ever since her father’s death Sapphire was very skilled at burying things she didn’t want to deal with. Right now it was her business she needed to focus on one hundred per cent.
Although Georgia had said that she was going to leave all the arrangements to Sapphire, she then changed her mind and asked Simone Fraser to oversee the weekend. Bad news. Simone Fraser couldn’t miss an opportunity to stick her nose in and make diva-like demands. She wanted to know what was to happen practically minute by minute. Sapphire had visions of herself running around on the day with a headset and clipboard timing every event and taking her orders from Simone.
Simone wasn’t particularly friendly to Sapphire and Sapphire thought she knew why. The photographs of her and Cal did indeed make it into the tabloids and celeb mags. It was no great surprise,
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