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‘I would have come for you. If you hadn’t pipped me to the post and come here first.’
‘Yeah? When?’
‘I was thinking Christmas. Or New Year...’
‘Christmas! That’s two months away!’
‘Or next weekend possibly. I was wearing down much quicker than I thought I would. I had this fantasy about you on the beach, sitting in one of those dreadful old deckchairs...’
‘Hey! They’re our Monday morning deckchairs. They’re a Driftwood tradition.’
‘All right. Sitting in one of your traditional deckchairs, with your eyes closed.’
‘And then...’
The fantasy was so much better now that she knew how it ended. ‘And I’d come and sit down. You’d say something grumpy and then you’d open your eyes and see that it was me, and not David.’
He laughed. ‘It’s a good plan. I’m glad you didn’t, though.’
Sam couldn’t believe that. ‘You mean it wouldn’t have been good for your ego?’
‘Wonderful for my
ego. But I’m the one who never goes back, remember? And you’re the one that people don’t come back to. I prefer it this way round, we can start as we mean to go on. Turning the tables on the past.’
She was only starting to explore the true beauty of that thought when a noise at the door of the outer office made her jump. By the time Joe had rounded the corner and was able to see through the glass partition, she was standing three feet away from Euan.
‘Joe, what are you doing here? Has the Manchester trip been called off?’
‘No, I forgot something.’ Joe opened his desk drawer and drew out a box of DVDs. ‘Hi, Euan. How’s everything going?’
‘Good. I was just telling Sam how pleased we are with everything you did for us.’
‘Yes. He was,’ she agreed.
‘Great.’ Joe didn’t seem to notice that Sam only had one shoe on. ‘Gotta go, or I’ll miss my train.’
The door slammed shut behind him and Sam kicked off the other shoe. ‘What now?’ There was still no plan for anything past this moment.
‘You could lock the door and keep going...’
His grin made her want that more than anything. ‘If only. But I’ve got the first of six job candidates coming in half an hour. We’ve got two vacancies to fill.’
‘Then I’ll wait.’ The grin broadened. ‘I can make myself useful. Make tea. Answer the phone. Be nice to your candidates to put them at their ease.’
‘Please tell me there’s nowhere else you need to be tonight.’
‘I’ve got the whole of this week off.’
She hugged him tight. Kissed him, and then kissed him again. ‘You were that confident, were you?’
‘No. I reckoned that you’d send me packing and that the rest of the week would give me a bit of time to plan my next move. Send flowers. That kind of thing.’
‘So I’ve missed out on the flowers?’ As if she cared. She had Euan.
‘Not necessarily. I rather like the idea of wooing you back. I think I should do it anyway.’ He curled his arms around her waist. ‘We still need to plan, though. You’re just getting established here—’
She laid her finger over his lips. ‘It’ll work. We’ll make it work.’
