Chapter 68

'Your husband ... ? Oh yes,' Carmella nodded. 'The handsome devil that arrived in the middle of the party the other night. Down, boy!' she teased Dan as he gave a jealous growl at her from his position at the dining room table. 'I was only window shopping, not buying.'

Jasmine laughed at Dan's dumbfounded expression, enjoying seeing him being the one who was tormented for a change.

‘Collins isn't for sale,' Dan drawled. 'He's very much a married man.'

If only that were true! Jasmine could feel her tension rising as the minutes ticked by to eight o'clock, horrified at the thought of Collins being with Angela, and yet terrified at the thought of not seeing him again. When the doorbell rang at five to eight she knew it had to be him, and she felt rooted to the spot. What if he became angry at the other couple being here and walked off? What if he–

'Aren't you going to answer that?' Dan looked up from his work with a frown. ‘And doesn't he have a key? I guess