Forget Me Never by M J Rutter Read Free Book Online

embarrassed, “stop, please.”
                  “Well, one or two orgasms over the length of time you were with that plonker does not count, in fact, you are practically a virgin.”
                  “Fine, okay, Kevin was the last man I slept with.”
                  “The only man you slept,” she muttered.
                  “Okay, the only man and yes, he rarely hit the spot, pardon the pun, but that doesn’t even come into this…”
                  “Uh, hello, where have you been, the garden of Eden? Of course it comes into it. So tell me everything about him and I’ll decide if he is worthy of your riches.”
                  We talked until my phone beeped letting me know my call was about to cost me an arm and a leg. I told her as much as I knew and how he made me feel.
                  “Right, here is what you do. Take a shower and shave everything, and I mean everything. Really pamper yourself and then put on a dress, something sexy, did you pack the black one from Christmas?”
                  “Saffron, I am not sleeping with him tonight,” I sighed.
                  “You have eleven days left, you don’t have time to be Mother Theresa, get your sexy knickers on and give him a night to remember.”
                  “I am going now, he could be trying to call and this phone call is costing me a second mortgage.”
                  “Text me or PM me. I want to know what happens and if Mr Wonderful makes you see stars.”
                  “Goodbye Saffron,” I smiled and ended the call.
                  I had every intention of taking a shower anyway, and I supposed the black dress would look nice, classy even. But all of the pampering was in vain, when I got out of the bathroom I had three text messages on my phone.
                 
    ‘Sorry, Grace, this is going to take longer than I thought, I might be late.’
                 
    ‘Scratch that, will be late, can’t get out of it. Sorry.’
                 
    ‘Thinking we should take a rain-cheque and mee t tomorrow. ’  
     
    I was about to text him when my phone rang, making me jump,
    “Hello?”
    “Grace, I truly am sorry. We are having a bit of a meltdown here, the market has bottomed out and I have to hold a strategy meeting for one of our virgin companies,” Alec explained.
    “It’s perfectly fine. To be honest, I am too tired to go out anyway,” I lied.
    “Are you sure? I was hoping to meet you by the pool for a drink later at least.”
    “I am sure; you have worn me out today with all of that hiking.”
    “Alright, well, meet me for breakfast.”
    “If I wake early enough,” I promised and ended the call.
     
    I ordered a chicken salad for my dinner from room service and a bottle of white wine. I stayed in my robe and sat on the balcony as the sun set making the city glow orange and I could clearly see why they called it the City of Angels, that evening it actually looked Angelic.
                  I think I was a little disappointed that we couldn’t meet as I was looking forward to the date right until Saffron started talking about sex. Sex to me was not important, sex with Kevin was all I had known and because it never seemed to work for me, it was not important at all. Alec’s lips certainly kick started something inside, but considering we couldn’t even have a date without complications, I wondered if I had pinned too many hopes on him already. 
     
    After two glasses of wine, I climbed onto my bed with the balcony doors open, the warmth of the night helped me to drift off into a dreamless sleep. A cool breeze blew across my skin, I opened my eyes and the room lit up with white lightning. In the distance I could hear rumbling thunder. I got up from the bed and closed the balcony door as it started to