EXCERPT FROM BREAKING ALL THE RULES
Kate’s mouth fell open as she found herself face to face with a tall, slim young man, his thick messy dark hair falling over his deep velvet brown eyes. Eyes that had always had the ability to turn her legs to jelly. She put a hand out to steady herself on the table and licked her suddenly dry lips.
“Sam,” she managed, her voice emerging as a squeaky croak.
“Hello, Katy.” He smiled at her, the deep browneyes crinkling enticingly at the corners. “It’s so good to see you.”
“Sam,” Kate repeated, unable to tear her eyes away from his. “What are you doing here?”
“I’ve come home.” Sam grinned at her and ran a hand through his hair. “Thought it was time I settled down. Got a job, that sort of thing.”
“You’ve been travelling all this time?”
“Yeah, pretty much.” He glanced around him with interest. “It’s kinda weird being back here, actually. This all seems so…so…”
“Boring?” Kate supplied the word. “So boring after India, and Australia, and wherever you’ve been the last eight years. Where have you been, Sam?”
“No, not boring.” He ignored her question. “Just normal. Normal and sort of…well, just normal.”
Kate stared at him, her heart pounding uncomfortably in her chest. Sam was the last person she had expected to see at the WI fête. The last person she had ever expected to see again. She had stopped hoping for that a long time ago.
Kate’s mouth fell open as she found herself face to face with a tall, slim young man, his thick messy dark hair falling over his deep velvet brown eyes. Eyes that had always had the ability to turn her legs to jelly. She put a hand out to steady herself on the table and licked her suddenly dry lips.
“Sam,” she managed, her voice emerging as a squeaky croak.
“Hello, Katy.” He smiled at her, the deep browneyes crinkling enticingly at the corners. “It’s so good to see you.”
“Sam,” Kate repeated, unable to tear her eyes away from his. “What are you doing here?”
“I’ve come home.” Sam grinned at her and ran a hand through his hair. “Thought it was time I settled down. Got a job, that sort of thing.”
“You’ve been travelling all this time?”
“Yeah, pretty much.” He glanced around him with interest. “It’s kinda weird being back here, actually. This all seems so…so…”
“Boring?” Kate supplied the word. “So boring after India, and Australia, and wherever you’ve been the last eight years. Where have you been, Sam?”
“No, not boring.” He ignored her question. “Just normal. Normal and sort of…well, just normal.”
Kate stared at him, her heart pounding uncomfortably in her chest. Sam was the last person she had expected to see at the WI fête. The last person she had ever expected to see again. She had stopped hoping for that a long time ago.