Deadly to Love by Mia Hoddell Read Free Book Online

personality was like and how he made me laugh. Carefully I tried to avoid the topic of what he looked like and I think I got away with it by giving them just enough detail about other aspects to satisfy their curiosity.
    After that the rest of the day seemed to go by quite quickly and without too much hassle. I went to my other lessons, which were free of Ian and Alesha luckily and then just as I thought I was free I remembered I had been selected to play in the netball match that day. Groaning inwardly I headed towards the changing room where everyone else was already getting dressed, including Chloe.
    “I got you goal attack and I’m playing centre,” she said thrusting the pale, blue bib with GA written on it towards me.
    “Thanks,” I replied, smiling at being able to play in my favourite position. Once everyone was ready we moved up to the courts where Chloe led us through a series of drills and warm up routines as we waited for the other team to turn up.
    It didn’t take long for their bus to arrive and before we knew it, we were stood on the edge of our third waiting for the whistle to signal the start of the game. I looked to my left just before the whistle was blown and froze as I saw Ian leaning against the fence. His hands were in his jean pockets and he looked really relaxed just like he did every match I played when we were together. All of a sudden the whistle was signalling me to run towards Chloe, to catch the ball and within seconds Ian was forgotten, my mind totally focused on the game I was playing.
    The match was one of the hardest I had ever played and after an hour the final whistle went leaving the score at twenty-one to nineteen to us.
    As we all shook hands, congratulating each other Chloe came up and hugged me.
    “Can you believe Ian’s nerve? He’s here like your still his girlfriend,” she whispered as she held onto me.
    “Oh, I had forgotten he was here,” I said, surprised something like that had slipped my mind. “Just forget him yeah? I don’t want to see him, that match has put me in a good mood.” I led Chloe towards the other side of the court, while a few other team members came up to me, praising me on the goals I scored.
    I was elated when I got home and to make it better the weather seemed to have brightened up. Entering my room I grabbed my iPod and decided to lie in the sun for a bit, checking it as I made my way downstairs and smiling as I saw the message Kai had left. Even though he was using his real name and knew mine, I wanted to remain as Darcie, it made me more confident for some unknown reason.
    Kai: Sorry I went so suddenly yesterday, I had to go to work. Here’s the pic you wanted.
    I fumbled with my iPod, suddenly nervous about opening the attachment. The image loaded slowly on my screen and I gasped as I saw the picture, shocked by how good looking he was. In front of me was a black haired guy with tanned skin and deep brown eyes. His shoulders were strong and it was evident from his fitted black shirt that he had an incredibly well built body and worked out a lot. I didn’t know whether to believe it was him or not.
    Darcie<3: I was at a netball match. Is that really you?
    If it was I considered myself extremely lucky.
    Kai: Yeah of course, if you don’t believe me accept the webcam link and you’ll see me :)
    Making sure it wouldn’t bring up my image as well I clicked on the link and up came the same face that had been in the picture, only this shot was further away and I could clearly see the well defined abs through his shirt as he waved. Closing the camera so I could type again I couldn’t control the biggest grin that formed on my face; not believing my luck.
    Before I could comment on his looks or say anything, another message popped up on my screen.
    Kai: So can I see you now?
    I didn’t know what to say, suddenly self conscious. I had never thought I was exactly pretty, I wasn’t bad but I wasn’t super hot like Chloe who could have any guy