Here Comes the Bridesmaid

At last he looked in her eyes. ‘You look good—as usual.’

Oh. ‘Thank you,’ she said, and actually felt like preening.

‘But I don’t want you to break your neck wriggling around in that dress and tottering on those heels. The building is finished but there’s still some debris around that you could trip over.’

And we’re back!

This was going to be a long day. A long, fun day. He was just so irresistibly grumpy!

She stepped towards the windows. ‘This is just brilliant!’ Turned to shoot him a broad smile. ‘Are you going to give me a tour, Leo?’

He nodded—and looked so uninviting that Sunshine almost laughed. Well, there was no time like the present to commence his therapy and start touch, touch, touching!

Brace yourself, Leo darling.

‘Yes, but be careful,’ Leo was saying, oblivious. ‘And leave your bag—it looks heavy.’

Sunshine dropped the bag on the spot. ‘Tell you what,’ she said, walking back to him, ‘I’m just going to hold on to you so you don’t have to worry about the state of my fragile limbs.’ She took his arm before he could back away. His arm felt hard and unyielding, like a piece of marble. Or petrified wood. Petrified! Perfect. She beamed up at him. ‘Lead on, Leo.’

His jaw was shut so tightly she thought he might crack a tooth.

Oh, dear...oh, deary me! This was going to be good.

* * *

This was bad, Leo realised.

Actually, he’d realised it the moment he saw her standing on the viewing platform outside, looking glamorous and yet earthy. And wistful. And...sad.

So she was sad—so what? She recovered like lightning, didn’t she? Like the other times. There was no reason for him to want to... Well, no reason for anything.

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