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I scoff before remembering that I too should be looking adoringly at my new boyfriend.
‘Yes, well done.’ I pat him on the back. ‘Very sweet.’
Later, when the kids are safely back at school, Joe sends me a message.
We’re really going to have to work on your love language.
The fact that this reads in a slightly flirtatious way to me confirms that I have no clue about what actual flirtation must look like.
Lessons start on our next date. Fancy a film soon?
I can’t remember the last time I went to the cinema to see something other than a cartoon.
Sure! There’s a horror I’m quite keen to see
I think you might benefit more from a romcom?
You’re a pain in the ass, Joe Kitson.
How many have you actually seen?
Four Weddings?!
That can’t be it?!
Have you not seen Love Actually?
Nope.
Pretty Woman?
Nope.
You’ve Got Mail? Sleepless in Seattle? NOTTING HILL?!
Do you need to have a lie down?
Shocked and appalled
But it’s not too late
Consider this the very start of your education, Sophie Rogers
Chapter 10
A few weeks into our faux romance and I get this fantastic email from the Bath clients …
To: Sophie Rogers
From: Arnaud & Alec
Subject: Contract
Hi Sophie
Thanks for sending the contract over, we’ve signed and scanned it back to you. Are you free on Thursday evening? We thought we’d come into Bristol for after-work drinks to celebrate.
I hit reply with a ‘yes please’ and then tap out a message to Poppy to double check that she can babysit after pick-up this Thursday. She actually can’t, so I try Mum.
