The Lost Souls Dating Agency by Suneeti Rekhari Read Free Book Online

Fiona at the gym, her curviness had not lessened. I hated women who looked like they were on anabolic steroids, or worse, stick figures I wanted to throw a chocolate bar at.
    I walked up the stairs and smiled at Fiona. ‘Hi there.’ I tried to sound as casual as I could.
    â€˜Oh hi, Sha-li-ni,’ Fiona answered a little breathlessly. She was doing interval training and it looked like she was on her exertion interval.
    I jumped on the cross trainer next to Fiona and started warming up. My eyes searched for Victor in the weights area. He looked completely bored. Okay, time to activate “The Plan”.
    In five minutes Victor headed upstairs, just as Fiona was cooling down. Her face was now a lesser shade of red. As he reached her Victor stared, but Fiona seemed not to notice.
    â€˜Hey, Victor,’ I said loudly, trying to catch his attention, which was currently drawn dangerously at Fiona.
    â€˜Hi, Shaleenee, nice to see you here,’ Victor said smarmily. He was such a bad actor. Weren’t vampires supposed to be great seducers of women?
    I pointed to him and said, ‘Hey, Fiona, this is my friend Victor.’
    Fiona jumped off her cross trainer and said hello. Then she added, ‘You can use this trainer if you like, I’m finished.’
    â€˜Thank you,’ Victor said with a dazzling smile.
    Fiona smiled back at him shyly. She pushed strands of her brunette hair away from her face. It was cascading out of the ponytail that was tied to the back of her head. ‘I’ll just wipe it down for you.’ She walked off to get the paper towel and spray attached to the wall at the front of the cardio area.
    When she was out of hearing distance I whispered to Victor, ‘Talk to her or something!’
    Victor hissed, ‘I know what to do,’ sounding like a petulant teenager.
    He turned to look at Fiona and his eyes glazed over. I noticed the pained expression on his face. ‘What’s wrong?’
    Victor murmured through gritted teeth, ‘I can hear the blood pumping through her. You have made this very difficult for me.’
    Oh shit. I looked up in a panic to see Fiona returning. I watched Victor watch Fiona with a fixed stare. Oh no, oh no, Fiona was going to be eaten because of my major oversight!
    Fiona reached us and started to calmly wipe down the cross trainer. Run , I wanted to scream at her.
    Victor, rolling out of his trance, collected himself and said pleasantly, ‘Oh please don’t bother with that.’
    I let out a deep breath. Crisis averted?
    â€˜Oh I don’t want you to deal with my yucky sweat on the machine,’ Fiona replied scrunching her nose. She looked like a cute red-nosed bunny.
    Victor tilted his head slightly and looked at her agreeably. ‘If you insist.’ I wished he would stop watching her so intensely.
    â€˜So what do you do when you are not wiping down machines for strangers?’ he asked casually.
    â€˜Nothing very exciting.’ Fiona glanced at him.
    â€˜Well I’d like to make up my own mind and hear more about the not very exciting things you do, if I may.’ His dazzling smile was back. I had to admit he could turn on the charm when he wanted.
    â€˜Oh well I…’ Fiona’s sentence trailed off as she looked Victor in the eyes. ‘Ah I’d be happy to tell you more about it next time,’ she concluded timidly.
    â€˜I’m nearly done here,’ Victor said smoothly. ‘Would you like to go for a drink after you finish at the,’ Victor paused and seemed less self assured, ‘machines?’
    Fiona was silent. What would I do if she refused? Please don’t refuse. Luckily Fiona smiled. ‘Okay.’ She turned to look at me. ‘Do you want to join us for a drink and a chin wag?’
    â€˜You guys go ahead, I’m going to be here a while. Lots of extra muffins to burn off.’ I pointed to my midriff and winked.
    Fiona smiled and shook her