Jenny could literally see the woman mentally calculating the age difference as she stared at her. Every single insecurity Jenny had almost succeeded in sweeping aside over the last few weeks suddenly came rushing back.
‘I had no idea,’ Susie continued in a stunned tone as she stared at Jenny like she’d just sprouted a second head.
Where the hell was Nick? He needed to see this reaction—it was what she’d been trying to tell him: the age gapwasan issue.
She couldn’t stay here a minute longer. ‘I actually have to get home. Could you tell Nick I had to go?’
‘Of course,’ Susie said, still looking at her oddly.
Jenny left the room, half-expecting to run into Nick returning, but he was still tied up with his urgent phone call and she was relieved that she didn’t have to face him. He’d have made her go back in there with him.
The cool air outside hit her face and she felt twin flames of anger spotting her cheeks as she made her way to the car. How had she let him talk her into this? His own sister could see the ridiculousness of their relationship and clearly had an issue with it.
Fury mixed with despair as she reversed out of her carpark. Inside her, a gaping hole had begun to form where only recently hope and excitement had been unfurling. She’d been an idiot to listen to everyone assuring her that this thing with Nick was perfectly sane. It wasn’t. It was crazy.
