Page 5 of The Hookup
She could continue havingfun,but none of her fun times had ever resulted in meeting anyone who had made her believe that ‘he wasthe one.’ She needed another single man just like Tobias.
As she set off for the wedding, she’d had designs on Xavier. The younger brother was rich, handsome and undeniably sexy. He’d seemed like the next best catch, especially now that his brother was no longer single. Unfortunately, she had found out the hard way that Xavier wasn’t quite the man she had imagined him to be. The testosterone rolling off him in waves should have been a stark warning.
“They looksohappy together,” her mother cooed.
“They would, Mom. They just got married.” Kay’s insides pinched together as she braced herself for the inevitable question. Would it be too obvious if she got up now and wandered away?
“It would be lovely if you settled down soon. Don’t leave it too late, will you, dear?”
It wasn’t a secret that her mother’s dearest wish was for Kay to settle down. Her mother didn’t understand and no amount of explanation seemed to help. Working long hours at the investment bank didn’t leave much time for anything else, and working in Hong Kong, where she had spent most of last year, hadn’t helped her dating prospects much.
Savannah’s parents looked at her apologetically.
“She’ll settle down when the time is right, Sylvie,” said Aunt Jean.
“You tell her, Aunt Jean.”
She wished her mother could be as understanding as Savannah’s mother was. Both sisters, they shared similar traits in many respects, but her mother seemed to be caught up in the same happy-envy that had dogged Kay for most of the day. The wedding had long finished and everyone had spent most of the day, and now the night, celebrating the wedding.
The happy couple had invited close family and friends to their beautiful private island in Fiji, and it was impossible not to be in awe of the new world that Savannah had now stepped into through her marriage to Tobias. From his condo, and his homes around the world, his private jet, and this island, as well as the new multi-million dollar mansion home on which Tobias had lavished millions of dollars on in refurbishments, it all seemed surreal.
The splendor of Savannah’s new world was unlike anything that Kay had ever read or dreamed about, even in those celebrity magazines which she had stopped reading. She had also stopped following those Most-Eligible-Bachelor lists, and blindly buying celebrity magazines in order to keep up-to-date with A and B-lister gossip.
“What about Tobias’s brother?” her mother asked, after a few peaceful moments had passed.
The apple obviously didn’t fall far from the tree.
“Mom!” she hissed, hoping that nobody had heard her. “Stop trying to fix me up.” It was one thing Kay herself having an ulterior motive for wanting to get to know Xavier, but it was something else to hear her mother saying it out aloud.
“But why not? His brother is just as good looking.”
“No.”
No. No. No.
Her insides knotted together, and it wasn’t due to the copious glasses of champagne, or the seafood entrees. “Can we not talk about my love life?
Uncle Dale and Aunt Jean were walking towards the dance floor hand in hand. Sweet, she thought, watching them. She could see her mother’s sadness written all over her face. Her father had passed away a few weeks before she had graduated from college. The lung cancer had taken him much too soon. Receiving her college degree had been a bittersweet moment, and in the end, her mother had attended, with Savannah’s parents there for support. There had been no-one since, and her mother hadn’t expressed any interest in meeting anyone new.
She seemed content with her life, and maybe it wasn’t so surprising that days like today made her slightly wistful, and wish for Kay to find someone.
“I wasn’t talking about your love life. I was only saying that it was about time you—”
“Mom.Please.”
Her mother let out an angry breath and looked away. “They’re perfect for one another. Perfect. Why you don’t want that, I don’t know.”
Kay stared in front at the happy newly married couple. Marrying New York’s most eligible billionaire was a dream come true, for sure.
No wonder Savannah looked so happy.
Her life was complete and she would never have to worry again. She had achieved the impossible. Not only had she been married before, she also had a kid, and she had been married to a pig. But she had come to New York penniless, and had managed to win the heart of the city’s most eligible bachelor.
If Savannah Page could do that, there was no reason why she couldn’t.
Not that her cousin had ever worried much about men or her love life. Savannah, in complete contrast to Kay, had worried about money, and debt, and Jacob, whereas Kay had no debt, had plenty of money, worked hard, had a great job.
Yet her love-life was in tatters.
