Page 5 of The Christmas Holiday
‘Just off to lunch, boss. See ya later!’
Jeremy smiled. Men did that around Lorelei. She was a force of nature and I was pretty sure, in five minutes’ time, the boss would remember he’d actually been heading our way to asksomething.
‘Two white wines, please. Make ‘em large.’ Lorelei winked at the bartender. He grinned back and I guessed that, despite the earplugs, I’d probably be having a fairly sleepless night again tonight.
‘Could you make that one wine and one lime and soda, please?’
Lorelei made to argue but I shook my head and she let it drop.
‘So?’ she asked as we settled ourselves at a table.
I studied the specials board.
Lorelei let out an impatient sigh, ‘Honey, I love you and everything but I swear to God—’
‘I know. I know. The photographer…’
‘Yes! I tell you, that man has the best ass I’ve seen in a long time.’
I gave her a look.
‘What?’ she shrugged, ‘He does!’
‘The hottie with the great arse is Hunter.’ I pulled my glass towards me and gave the strawa vicious suck, all the while eyeing Lorelei’s wine jealously.
‘Hunter? You mean,yourHunter? Your ex, Hunter?’
My eyebrows rose. ‘Yes, to all of the above. Except he is very, most definitely, notmyHunter.’
Lorelei looked over at the bar and made a movement with her hand. Some of the rest of her moved as she did so, watched closely by several City Boys. For once, she didn’t notice.A moment later, another glass of wine appeared on the table. As well as swearing like a sailor, my friend could also drink one under the table. Unlike me. Which was why I was sticking to soda water.
Lorelei eyed me. ‘You want this?’
‘More than I can tell you. But I can’t. I have to go to dinner tonight with the happy couple. And Hunter.’
She pulled the drink back towards her. ‘Thenyou should definitely keep away from this. I know what a lightweight you are when it comes to alcohol. Honestly, I thought you Brits were supposed to be able to hold your drink.’
‘I think I’m missing a gene,’ I said, chewing on my straw.
‘Here you go.’ A basket of chips appeared in front of us. Lorelei smiled at the server and asked him to put it on her tab. I rolled my eyes and took achip.
‘So?’
‘So, what?’
‘Talk.’
‘About?’
‘Whatever it was you couldn’t say in the office.’
I shook my head and took another chip.
‘There’s not much to say, really. You already covered the salient points, I think.’
‘All I said was that he had a great ass!’
‘That’s usually more than enough for you.’
