Page 50 of The Puck Stops Here
‘Easy on the spice, please.’ She beamed up at him, her smile growing as he set both dishes down and she could see they looked identical. ‘Thank you so much.’
Aiden returned to the table, his grin too wide to ignore.
‘I take it things are okay then?’
‘Better than okay!’
Christ, he looked smugger than ever as he took up his cutlery.
‘And this looks delicious.’
He tucked in with gusto and slowly she took up her cutlery, her insides smiling with glee.That’s right, buddy, eat up!
Thirty minutes later and sporting a shiny grimace on his once smug face, he was doing the clenched butt walk into an awaiting taxi, his apology hurried and harried and music to Astrid’s ears as she snapped a surreptitious clip and sent it to her girls.
Astrid
[image] Karma is an arse on fire
Sissi
OMG! I fluffing love you!
Astrid
Love you too babe Nite nite! xx
7
The morning of the interviews, Astrid was buzzing.
Thistime she knew what to expect and couldn’t be blindsided by her body’s reaction to Blake. There was no man on this planet worthy of losing one’s head over.
Never had been, never would be. That first day had been a blip. A mind-bending, tummy turning, foo foo fluttering blip. All because she couldn’t engage her head for her hormones.
And speaking of losing one’s head, the heels had to go. As much as they were supposed to make a man lose theirs, she valued hers too much to risk another tumble. Today, she was dressing for her and ensuring her confidence and her control came with.
She’d stuck with the no-nonsense ponytail, kept her makeup on point but opted for layers –allthe layers. A cami, white shirt, checkered blue waistcoat and matching blazer paired with her favourite jeans and trainers. The sophisticated rebel and her in every way.
She snapped a selfie and sent it to the karma crew:
Just Desserts WhatsApp Group. 08.15 EST.
Astrid
[image]
Suited and booted and ready to kick some hockey butt!
Bella
Loving the waistcoat! x
Sissi
Wow, that is some outfit
Paige
