I could tell from the look he gave me that he was pleased with how I looked. I hugged him and told him I was sorry about last night. 13:00 Of course, ...here was no dinner. We had "dinner" in bed. I closed the curtains and it seemed very romantic with the sounds of the street coming in thru the open window. Ed seems a lot more comfortable with me now, and is certainly a lot less shy in the bedroom. But as always with Ed, something didn't quite go the way I'd planned. The first part of our. Victoria had taken another mouthful and couldn't reply. She had to make do with wrinkling her nose at him. She finished her mouthful."We've got to come again tomorrow," she ordered."Can't! Church!" Next Saturday."Mark shook his head dolefully. "It's going to rain." How do you know?" Feel it in my bones." Rubbish!" Are you doubting my word as an officer and a gentleman?" Yes! On both counts."They both laughed together.They saddled their horses and rode back at a leisurely pace."Apart from. .. apart from being a friend of Tracey's.She'd even begged Tracey to put in a good word for her with Gavin, but Tracey more often than not was at loggerheads with Gavin and it never seemed to be the right time. Aroha had even had to step in to prevent Tracey badmouthing her brother with some tall tales, to no avail; Gavin was out of reach ... until Tracey had passed on an invitation to join her family down at their bach as a favour for telling Tracey's Mum about Benny's plan to get Gavin to go. Or maybe, she would select Jacob, the thirty-one-year-old, whose wavy blonde hair and sexy smile had her dripping with excitement. Then a wicked idea came to her mind. Why not have both? "Chanel, send in Derek... and Jacob," Kelly said. Both men stood, gave an awkward grin to Chanel and walked towards the door. Meanwhile, Kelly had stripped off her dress and was sitting in her chair in just a white, lacy bra and panties. There was a knock on the door. "Come in," Kelly said. "Please take a seat.