The Runaway Princess
“The air felt chill after the warmth of the bar, and I shivered. Something else had changed too: I’d been quite relaxed until now, but I was off-balance again. I wasn’t quite sure what happened next. Usually, it was a shouted conversation in a late-opening bar, then the last Tube home, but with Leo, none of the usual usuals applied.
“Cold?” said Leo at once. “Want my coat? My car’s just here.”
He pointed to the other side of the square, where a Range Rover with blacked-out windows was pa...rked next to a yellow streetlight.
His car? Not a taxi? He couldn’t drive, surely. We’d knocked back a bottle of wine between us and had just started the one that Rolf was now guzzling inside.
And did “my car’s just here” mean … he was going home? Was it over?
Was that an invitation? Could I say yes—or no?
My heart plunged in my chest.MoreLess
“Cold?” said Leo at once. “Want my coat? My car’s just here.”
He pointed to the other side of the square, where a Range Rover with blacked-out windows was pa...rked next to a yellow streetlight.
His car? Not a taxi? He couldn’t drive, surely. We’d knocked back a bottle of wine between us and had just started the one that Rolf was now guzzling inside.
And did “my car’s just here” mean … he was going home? Was it over?
Was that an invitation? Could I say yes—or no?
My heart plunged in my chest.MoreLess
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