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“So, what are the rules?” I start.
“Rules? There aren’t any.”
I pull my mind away from where it wants to go. “Dinner, eating together… you said you wanted to make up for stuff. So, what are the rules?”
“Fine. Dinner. Tonight, to celebrate your extended stay. I’d like to take you out tomorrow.”
“Sounds great.” I lie back down and get comfortable in the sand. It sounds perfect.
Now, to clear my head before I agree to anything else involving Liam.
Chapter Seven
Alone, at a five-star resort, on a Greek Island with Liam Ford.
It’s a situation the younger me would have invented in my mind, not what I’d have thought would happen at the end of my brother’s wedding.
It might have crossed my mind to seduce him at the wedding – but that was mostly the alcohol talking. Or my inner siren. Now that I have time and space on my side, I might be able to get over how handsome he is and get to know him as he suggested. We were all good friends, after all. And aside from my little teenage heart getting crushed, I missed him as a friend or rather felt let down by how he vanished. I’d like to put that to rest.
I pull out the other dress I’d packed to wear to dinner, then look around the hotel room for a laundry bag or card to get my limited wardrobe cleaned and returned. Liam didn’t mention how long this little stay would be for, but I should be able to cope for a couple of days.
My skin looks like it’s caught a little sun, and I pile my hair into a messy bun and finger a few strands to frame my face before leaving the room and heading to the restaurant area.
Crickets chirping set the ambience around the grounds as I wander through the lit path I took the first night I arrived.
Liam’s already at the table, his phone in hand, and he’s scowling at it. He’s dressed in an open-collar shirt, so he’s dressed up a bit, and that thought makes me smile. He looks up and sees me, drops his phone, and stands as I walk over.
“Fancy seeing you here.”
“Indeed. Is there nobody else here?” I question as I search the rest of the tables.
“Just us.” He pulls out my chair, and I take a seat.
“Isn’t that a poor business decision? I mean, this place is beautiful. I’d imagine you’re losing a lot of money keeping it to yourself.”
“I’ll cope. But it does mean the kitchen is preparing a specific menu. They aren’t set up for guests.”
“I’m sure it will be delicious.”
A bottle of wine is already chilling in the cooler to the side, and Liam pours. “Is white okay?”
“Just one glass. A small one.” My head is finally clear, thanks to a day of doing nothing, but I don’t want to wake up tomorrow in the same state.
“Don’t trust yourself after last night?”
“Less about trust, more about the crippling hangover I’ve been fighting most of the day.
Want to fill me in on the last few years?” I look around at the empty tables again. There’s no atmosphere other than that between the two of us, and right now, with the lack of alcohol, it’s a little stifled.
“Where do you want me to start?”
“How about the beginning – it’s as good a place as any.”
“True. You got me there.” He leans back and takes a sip of his wine. “Well, we graduated. Then travelled. A lot. You know this, right?”
I shake my head, taking the smallest sip of wine. “Not the details.” I knew what Eric shared with me, and that was it – not the full story.
“Well, I travelled. Some of the time with Woodsy, but he had a job lined up and couldn’t afford to just bum around the world.”
