Man Hunter

I was going to make it to the top and the only way to do that was find a guy who was already there and marry him...

    The cream silk sheets felt cool and sensuous against my naked body.   I moved my legs slightly as I watched Alec undress.   His tanned skin looked even darker in the soft lamplight and I couldn’t wait for him to get into bed beside me...   It was the perfect ending to a fairy-tale romance, and the perfect beginning to the rest of my life.
    “Darling...”   I murmured as he came towards the bed.   He was everything I’d ever wanted, and now he was going to be mine.
    I was a very lucky lady.   The future I’d dreamed of was very close to becoming reality, and, ironically, it was all thanks to Simon.
    You see, at the beginning it had been Simon I’d singled out as the guy who could give me everything I wanted...


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Will You Marry Me

But it’s traditional!” our families had insisted.   We’d wanted a quiet wedding.   No stag night.   No hen night.   No chance!   Our special day had been ruined, and I began to wonder if it would happen at all...

    When I woke up a thin ray of sunlight was pushing its way through the curtains.   I smiled and stretched lazily.   This time tomorrow Id be waking up to the bright warm sunshine of Lanzarote, and I’d be Mrs. Gareth Stevenson.
    I could hear Mum bustling around in the kitchen nagging Dad about something or other, then his footsteps clumped up the stairs and there was a light tap on my door.
    “Sally, you awake, love?” he asked, pushing the door ajar.   “I’ve got a cup of tea for the bride.”
“Thanks, Dad,” I said. I sat up in bed and took the cup from him.   “All ready for the big day?”
    “More to the point, are you?” he grinned.
    “After being engaged nearly three years I think I’ve waited long enough,” I laughed.
    “I think you and Gareth were very wise to wait,” Dad went on with a wink.   “Let’s face it, nobody could accuse you of rushing into anything!”
    That was true, I thought idly as Dad went.   Although this time last week it was touch and go that there’d be a wedding at all...

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Too Many Lies

What started out as a casual affair soon became a web of lies which threatened my whole future...

    I was holding my breath as I waited for the line to appear on the pregnancy testing stick.
    “Please let it be all right,” I whispered to myself.   My hand was shaking as the blue line appeared in the small window.   It was positive...
    My heart almost stopped beating as I threw the stick onto the kitchen table.   I was pregnant.   I was going to have a baby.   The only problem was, whose baby was it?
    Tears filled my eyes but I forced them back.   There was no point crying, I wasn’t an innocent teenager, I’d known all the pitfalls right from the start.
    “Mummy...me tired...” Sarah, my two-year-old daughter, came into the kitchen, trying to cuddle her doll and suck her thumb at the same time.
    I picked her up and held her close.

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