It was her secret, but now there was no going back...
Just when everything was going so well for Jenny and Mike, Roan Williams comes back into their lives.
Four years earlier, while her closest friends were falling in love and heading for happy ever after, love rat Roan had broken Jenny's heart and completely shattered her life.
Harbouring a terrible lie, Jenny struggled to pick up the pieces of her life, but now that Roan has returned the truth will out.
It would ruin everything, but Mike had a right to know....
Chapter 1
The weighing-scales lay menacingly on the bathroom floor, daring Jenny to put herself out of her misery. She stepped on and felt her throat go dry watching the tiny needle come to a standstill after what seemed like minutes of bobbing back and forth. Eleven and a half stone. Eleven and a half stone!
Where had the blasted half-stone come from?
She had been using her Slendertone and her Air-Glider all week. OK, maybe not all week, she admitted, but certainly for most of it and she specifically remembered missing Grey’s Anatomy on Wednesday night because she had spent longer than expected on her ‘exercise routine’.
And despite her efforts she hadn’t lost a single pound - in fact, she had gained half a stone. How had that happened when her horoscope for the month clearly predicted that she would lose all the weight for the wedding?
The self-sacrifices you make between now and August will eventually result in the conclusion of a lengthy struggle you have had with yourself.
Wasn’t it plain for all to see that ‘self-sacrifices’ meant giving up chocolate and garlic chips and the ‘lengthy struggle’ was obviously her lifelong battle with her weight?
So why the extra half-stone then?
Suddenly the thought hit her. It was probably just water retention. Her friend Karen was as thin as a lath and she sometimes complained that she couldn’t fit into her clothes as a result of water retention. That was it, Jenny consoled herself. She hadn’t gained weight at all. It had to be water retention.
She heard Mike whistle from downstairs in the kitchen. She couldn’t understand how her fiancé could be so sprightly in the mornings. He never seemed to want to pull the covers over his head and drift back to glorious sleep, shutting out the rest of the world. Jenny would have loved to stay in bed just a little longer, and if Mike hadn’t persisted in getting her up, she might very well have stayed there until midday and that would be a total waste of the day.
What a pity the exam was so soon, she sighed, rinsing the conditioner out of her hair. She would need to get a lot of work done today and the earlier she got started the better. There was no way she would be promoted to Mortgage Officer at Alliance Trust Bank if she didn’t pass this exam. At this stage, she would have to make up for lost time and hope against hope that what she did today would be enough. And Mike had gone out of his way to ensure that she had a quiet day to herself – for once.
She wrapped a towel around her head before joining Mike downstairs in the kitchen.
He put a steaming mug of tea and a plate of warm buttered toast on the table in front of her and kissed her lightly on the forehead.
“Awake now, Goldilocks?” he teased.
Jenny made a face at him.
“My darling, I know now why I decided to marry you – you have the nicest scowl. It just brightens up my day.”
