she loved him too. Jade pushed him playfully on the bed and slid the towel off from round his waist. ‘You know the best thing about arguments?’ she asked him, with a suggestive glint in her eye.
‘What’s that?’ He smirked.
‘Making up,’ she said, her voice soft and sexy.
Sam pulled the duvet back and got under, watching her as she removed her clothes and joined him. He kissed her hungrily, his heart beating faster by the second. As he felt under the covers to touch her warm body, his fingers brushed past something unexpected. As Jade kissed his chest, he sneakily peered underneath the covers and felt faint with fear when he saw an unfamiliar bright pink thong. Where on earth had that come from? The words from Adele’s text message flashed through his mind: You’re still as good as I remember. It must be Adele’s thong! He frantically kicked it to the very end of the bed where Jade wouldn’t see it, then did his very best to try to relax. Unluckily though, there was only one thing on his mind the whole time.
*
An hour later and Jade was still lying in bed with Sam, cuddling up to his warm body and not wanting to leave the bed. The TV was on in the background and Sam was playing a game on his iPhone. She stretched lazily and smiled. He’d finally said he loved her! She felt like she’d been waiting forever to hear those words. There had been so many times she was sure he was going to say it, but nothing. Now he had, Jade felt she could finally tell him her true feelings also; she was head over heels in love with him too.
‘I better get going,’ she groaned, getting out of bed and getting her clothes on, ‘you need to leave for football soon.’
Sam looked at the clock on his wall and sighed, ‘Yeah, you’re right. I would rather just stay with you today if I’m honest. But, I can’t let the team down and then I’ve got to help my cousin, Joe.’
‘Are you sure you don’t want me to help?’ Jade offered sweetly.
‘No it’s fine. Thanks though, it’s nice of you. When will I see you next?’
‘Look at you,’ Jade smirked teasingly, ‘just can’t get enough of me.’
‘You’re not wrong there,’ he said, pulling her over to him as she pulled her jeans on, and making her giggle as he kissed her.
‘Why don’t we go for dinner one night this week?’ she suggested as she wrapped her arms around him.
He nodded as he kissed her neck. ‘Sounds good.’
‘Oh before I go, I need my red notebook. Good job I remembered. Whereabouts did you put it?’
Sam was mystified. ‘Where did you leave it? If I’m honest, I haven’t even seen it. You sure you left it here?’ he asked, glancing round his room.
‘Yeah, a hundred per cent,’ Jade replied as she walked around and searched.
‘What about in the lounge? Or kitchen?’ Sam suggested. He hadn’t seen it in his room.
Jade pushed her hair back from her face. ‘I didn’t even go in there though. I only came in your room.’
‘I swear to God I haven’t seen it. You must have left it somewhere else.’
Jade scratched her head, perplexed. ‘Maybe Kelly picked it up then? Or maybe it’s in my car or something? I was certain I’d left it here though. I remember bringing it in.’
Sam shrugged. ‘It’ll turn up. I’ll search a bit more here if you want and call you if I find it.’
‘Thanks,’ she answered, frustrated with herself for losing something so important. How could she have lost it? It had every bit of information they needed in there. ‘I’ll have another look round and then go in a bit.’
Fifteen minutes later, Jade kissed Sam goodbye, leaving his flat without her notebook. She was losing her mind. She was certain she’d left it at Sam’s. She got in her car and searched everywhere, but to no avail. Where on earth had she put it? How had it disappeared into thin air? Her phone rang and she was glad when she saw Kelly’s name flashing on her screen.
‘Hello,’ she answered.
‘Hi, babe,’ Kelly greeted her brightly. ‘How did it go last night?’
‘Yes, really well. The website is pretty simple to work and I think I’ll be able to upload the products quite easily. I was just about to call you actually. Did you take my red notebook by accident?’
Kelly paused as she thought. ‘No. Why, have you lost it?’
‘Yeah. I was sure I left it at Sam’s when I dropped you back and then went to see him, but it’s not there, I just checked. I must have left it at Tony’s then. I don’t think it’s there though. It’s so strange.’
‘It must be at Tony’s, hun,’ Kelly replied to reassure her. ‘Don’t worry, we’ll find it. It’s bound to turn up somewhere. I was just calling you because I’ve been up since seven this morning making some sample bikinis for the photo shoot.’
Jade felt excited. ‘Oh well done. Do they look good?’
‘Totes amaze. Seriously, whoever wears them is going to look so reem it’s not even funny.’
Jade laughed gaily. ‘Well, I look forward to seeing them. Aren’t you tired getting up so early at the weekend?’
‘No babe, I would work twenty-two hours a day, every day doing this. I love it!’
Jade was confused. ‘Why twenty-two hours?’
‘You know, a full day, hun,’ Kelly answered as though it was obvious.
‘A full day is twenty-four hours though,’ Jade said, smirking.
Kelly gave a little giggle. ‘Is it? Oh my God, how funny? I thought it was twenty-two. Are you sure?’
Jade burst into laughter. ‘I’m pretty certain, Kelly.’
Kelly laughed even more at herself. ‘So, shall we meet Lisa for lunch today and ask her to do our bikini modelling?’
‘Yes, good idea. If there are two of us we’ll be able to convince her. Then I’ll go to yours after and help you do more bikinis.’
‘Cool. Call me in a bit and I’ll ring her.’
*
Two hours later the girls were sitting in Pizza Express in Loughton.
‘What did you get up to last night?’ Kelly asked Lisa as she studied the menu, running her long French-manicured finger down the page.
‘Oh, I had another date actually. A guy called Mark who Nicola set me up with because her brother plays rugby with him and thought we’d hit it off.’
‘And?’
‘Mmm … he was okay,’ Lisa said nonchalantly. ‘His shoulders were a bit too broad for my liking. I have so much to tell you two by the way.’
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