Angel Uncovered by Katie Price Read Free Book Online

great you made the team, Cal,' Gemma said,
sensing her friend's unease and changing the subject.
    'It is, but I've still got to make the final selection,' he
replied, looking serious. Angel felt herself tense up as she
willed him not to go on a downer.
    'Oh, but you will!' Jez exclaimed.
    'I wish I could share your optimism,' Cal said dryly.
'And I don't mean to be rude, but do you actually know
anything about football at all?'
    'Football, no,' Jez replied. 'Footballers, yes. I know all
the good-looking ones!'
    And Angel breathed a sigh of relief as Cal smiled.
    Her friends all made a big fuss of Honey, especially
Gemma who bombarded Angel with questions about the
baby's development and then spent ages playing with her
and commenting on how beautiful she was. Gemma's
open adoration of her daughter only made Angel feel
worse. She was relieved when Jez and Rufus asked to see
the infinity pool and Gemma said she would stay and
help look after Honey.
    'Poor Gemma,' Jez said as soon as they were out of
earshot. 'She wants a baby so much.'
    'I know,' Angel replied, her heart aching for her
friend. 'And she'd make a much better mother than me.
It's not fair, is it?'
    'Angel, you're a great mother, why do you say that?'
Jez stopped and looked at her in surprise.
    She shrugged and said, 'Sometimes I feel a bit crap,
Jez, like I'm not up to the job. And, of course, I can never
say that to Gemma.'
    'I'm sure you could,' Rufus said quietly. 'I think she'd
understand. She's your best friend, you should tell her
how you're feeling.'
    Angel was stunned; she'd never heard Rufus speak so
much before. He was usually painfully shy. Hi and Howare you? were as far as his conversation went. Not that it
mattered as Jez spoke more than enough for both of
them. She appreciated his comments, but didn't know
whether she would act on them.
    That night Cal had arranged for them all to go to Diana
Garden, an exclusive bar in Milan. While it was sweet of
him, Angel would have been just as happy chilling out at
the villa. But Jez was hugely excited at the prospect – the
bar was frequented by AC Milan players and Jez fancied
the pants off at least three of them, plus it was where the
fashion elite went for their aperitifs, so Angel knew they
would have to go or he would never forgive her.
    She enjoyed the first part of the evening, getting
ready in her bedroom with Gemma, listening to music,
gossiping, trying on different outfits and letting her
friend do her make up. They'd spent many nights like
this in the past. But she didn't like it so much when
Gemma started interrogating her about what she was
eating.
    'Look, Gemma, we had this conversation before. I'm
eating fine, you don't need to keep going on about it,'
Angel couldn't help snapping. 'You saw me at lunch. I ate
most of it, didn't I?'
    'Yeah, but that was just one meal. You don't look like
you've been eating enough generally, that's all I'm
saying.'
    Angel sighed and changed the subject, 'Do you think
this looks okay?' She was wearing a purple Dolce &
Gabbana cocktail dress – a present from Cal – which was
way more sophisticated than she would usually wear. But
as she was in Italy she figured she had better raise her
game.
    'You look great,' Gemma replied, appraising the dress
with her practised fashionista eye. 'How do I look?' She
had teamed her bang on trend midnight blue silk tunic
dress with high patent heels and wore her long shiny
black hair down. She looked extremely pretty.
    'You look the bollocks!' Angel exclaimed, and to stop
her friend asking anymore questions, added, 'Come on.
Let's go downstairs and find the boys.'
    Cal and Rufus were in the living room drinking Peroni
and watching the football. Angel couldn't help smiling
when she saw Cal – was it possible that her husband had
grown more handsome? He looked fresh from the
shower, and she could smell his Dolce & Gabbana
aftershave. Even after nearly four years together it was
still her favourite smell.
    'You girls look