by Briggs, Jo
Speak soon
Lexi x
Indi rolled her eyes at the last comment. Presumptuous as always that she’d a better something than anyone else. Lexi had always been viewed as the perfect one, and she had let this pedestal treatment rub off on her so that everything she did or had, had become all about being better than her sisters.
Indi couldn’t recall, what made her look up at the entrance as she moved through the remaining list of unread emails, but as she did her worst fear had been realised; Grey was standing no more than thirty feet from her.
Despite his impeccable clothing, he looked crumpled and tired with dark creases starting to form under his eyes as he casually stood talking to an airline rep.
Not wanting to draw his attention to her, Indi got up from the seating area while he continued facing the rep and stood as far behind the pillar as she could manage, allowing her to continue her viewpoint of him without him being able to catch sight of her. All the while, her heart was beating so fast and loud she was sure all the people around her could hear it.
She just prayed he wasn’t on the same flight as her as there was no hiding her presence from him then. She tried to reason to herself that she was sure the uniform of the check in rep of her flight was a very different colour scheme to the airline rep that Grey was still chatting with.
To her relief, Indi only had to linger by the pillar for a few more moments before Grey walked off with the uniformed female. The woman had seemed overly friendly with Grey for Indi’s liking. Indi tutted to herself as the woman placed a hand on Grey’s suited arm as she guided him off to another part of the airport that Indi couldn’t see. Probably some exclusive VIP lounge, Indi mused. In spite of the fact she was hiding from Grey, she still felt a surge of raging jealousy that the woman had dared to touch Grey.
It wasn’t too much longer before her flight was called to board. As she took her seat, she felt an overwhelming wave of relief wash over her that she was heading home, fresh in the knowledge that she finally could relax knowing Grey wouldn’t be popping up unexpectedly wherever she happened to be.
The flight and retrieving luggage went quickly. Aimee was already waiting at arrivals when she came through from customs.
Aimee rushed forward through the swell of the crowd to embrace Indi tightly. To any passer-by, they looked almost identical: same height and weight, long swirling locks of chocolate caramel curls, the one difference being their eye colour – Indi’s being green and Aimee’s being blue.
“I’ve missed you so.” Aimee exclaimed.
Being back in England and feeling safe in the company of her sister all the turmoil of her bottled up emotions burst the dam she’d put in place since she’d seen his pregnant wife, tears began to weep as Indi buried her face in Aimee’s shoulder.
“Oh my goodness, what is wrong?”
“Everything.” Indi wailed dejectedly though her quiet sobs.
Aimee sighed, unsure of what could have distressed the normally composed Indi. “Come on; let me get you into the car so you can tell me all about it.”
Indi nodded slightly as her fingers came up to her cheeks to brush away some of the tear streaks.
Grabbing her sister’s hand in hers and taking her luggage off her with the other, Aimee, guided them out of the terminal building to the car park. With the luggage in the boot, Aimee sat behind the wheel of her car and turned to Indi, a worried expression on her face.
“So do you want to tell me what had you so distressed?”
Indi solemnly began to detail how she’d met Grey, realised who he was and let her admiration override her better judgment by agreeing to a no strings fling.
Aimee shook her head in disbelief that Indi had gotten involved with such a well-known womaniser. “I don’t understand how you could put yourself in that position, you must have known you were going to get hurt when it came to an end.”
“I know it sounds crazy, but it was as if we were in our own little bubble, we became a couple in every way. He took me to Florence and horse-riding up Mount Etna, I even went to a vineyard, which he was talking to the owner about purchasing it. He immersed me in his life, so it was easy to get swept up in every single moment.”
Despite her incredulity at Indi’s out of character behaviour, Aimee couldn’t help but soften as her gaze rested on her sister’s forlorn expression. “You seemed blissfully happy when we spoke while you were in Florence. So what changed?”
“This woman arrived at his villa the night we came back in Florence. He remained adamant that she was just someone who worked for his father, but the next day I saw her in his neighbouring villa and she’d the most prominent pregnancy bump. I overheard saying that it was his.”
“You’re joking me! What a loser to hide something like that from you. As much as it hurts at the moment least you’re found out before you got involved even deeper.”
Indi knew Aimee was talking sense, but it didn’t make it any easier to swallow. How naive she’d been to fall for his charm simply because he was her idol so soon after all the shit she’d been through. She was going to avoid any men until she could learn to trust her instincts again.
Indi and Grey’s journey continues in
Muse
Follow the Broken Strings Series
No Strings – Available February 2013
Muse
Sacrifice
Gravity
Fame
Celebrity
Stardom
All coming in 2013 and beyond.
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