Your Room or Mine?: HarperImpulse Contemporary Fiction (A Novella) (Do Not Disturb, Book 1)
Charlotte Phillips
Language: English
Pages: 112
ISBN: B00CCUCD0Q
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
HarperImpulse Contemporary Romance Novella
1 cheating ex, 3 bottles of white wine, an emergency pep talk from the girls… and this seemed like a good idea at the time:
Izzy Shaw’s Getting-Over-Him Action List
1. eBay his entire collection of football memorabilia and spend all profits on treating myself to fabulous new wardrobe.
2. Turn plans for ‘Loved-Up Mini-Break’ at exclusive boutique hotel into a weekend of spa pampering, me-time and shopping at Harvey Nics.
3. Don’t get even, get even better. Have one night stand with drop-dead gorgeous stranger – Mr Tall, Dark & Handsome in the hotel lobby is just what I need!
Your room or mine? Go on Izzy…
here by herself could succeed where ice-cream, wine and support sessions with the girls had failed. To pass the time as she queued for check-in, and to strengthen her resolve, she mentally ran through the list she’d made of Joe’s faults, which according to her friend Shauna should be referred to at moments of weakness. 1) Leaves boxer shorts on the floor. 2) Watches more than one show at once on TV resulting in infuriating flicking of remote control. 3) Obsessive preoccupation with major
loosened her tongue and her opinion took over. ‘He is NOT my boss! I am self-employed and in any case the work agreement between us is beside the point.’ ‘It’s his way of keeping tabs on you without giving up anything in return, can’t you see that? Any normal, decent bloke would have asked you out to dinner.’ ‘You’re overlooking the fact that a dinner date with a load of poncy small talk is my idea of hell right now. I have absolutely no desire to get involved with anyone again anytime soon,
and fighting the cold tendrils of disappointment that snaked their way through her. This was the end. He touched her arm softly. ‘I don’t understand. I thought you’d be made up. What’s wrong?’ He took the pile of seed trays out of her hands and tugged her across to the wall, sat down and pulled her down next to him. ‘We’re going nowhere, Oliver,’ she said. ‘It’s run its course.’ He tensed. ‘It doesn’t have to be like that.’ ‘Yes it does. It’s time to go our separate ways. It was great while
order over the phone and sat back. ‘I can’t remember the last time I went swimming,’ she said, pulling her own towel a little closer around her. ‘You don’t belong to a gym?’ That meant he did, presumably. Who was she kidding, of course he did. You didn’t get abs like that from sitting around watching TV. He clearly put in a lot of work. She shook her head. ‘My working hours are long,’ she said. ‘Sometimes I’m so tired by the time I get home the last thing I’d want to do is more exercise.’
candlelit dining room, soft piano played in the background and the set menu was a special romance-themed selection. Oliver stared at the pink embossed menu, eyebrows raised. ‘Romantic Getaway Three Course Menu For Two…’ he read. Her cheeks felt a little too warm and she didn’t look up. Instead she picked up her heart-shaped chocolate and dropped it into her purse. After a pause, she added his chocolate too. With no need to diet ever again, she could scoff them at leisure. ‘Like I said, it’s a