We Were On a Break
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Holding out my hand I looked at his grandmother’s ring and then back at him, grubby and messy, wearing a dirty T-shirt and jeans, sitting on the floor outside my flat. It was exactly how I wanted him.
‘Why not?’ I replied. ‘I really hated Tinder.’
‘That’ll do,’ he said, pulling me towards him for another kiss. ‘And I’m holding you to it.’
‘You’d bloody better,’ I threatened, our faces close together, arms around each other’s necks, my lips tingling. ‘Although I have another important question: have you got any food in? I’m starving.’
‘I’ve got pasta,’ he offered, cupping my face in his palms. ‘And nothing but pasta for at least the next six months.’
‘You’re weird,’ I said, laughing.
‘You’re weird,’ he echoed, planting a kiss on the end of my nose.
Sometimes, I realized, life didn’t work out quite how you’d imagined it would.
And sometimes life was all the better for it.
Acknowledgements
As always, there are a million people to thank and very little brain power left to remember them so here goes.
Rowan Lawton, thank you for being my sounding board, my motivator, my cheerleader, my agent and my friend. The very fact this book exists is because of you and the Griffith Observatory. Nice one.
To Lynne Drew and Martha Ashby at HarperCollins, this is a thank you and an apology, although I was only two weeks late on this one in the end! New record? Thank you for making this book the best book it could be.
To everyone at Furniss Lawton and James Grant: Liane, Isha, Eugenie, Georgie, Blaise and Will (and everyone else), thank you for making this so much easier and so much more fun than it otherwise would be, I appreciate everything you do hugely.
HarperCollins, my global publishing fam, you’re all amaze. Sarah, Katie, Liz, Louise, you’re all owed drinks or hugs or drugs or something. Jean-Marie, Liza, Laura and (sniff) Victoria at Harper 360 and Leo, Sara, Kelsey and everyone else at HC Canada, you’re all on the ‘must buy booze’ list also. And not forgetting HarperCollins Australia, I’m sure I’m overdue a visit, OK Kimberley? Get the kettle on. Thank you all, for everything you do.
I genuinely couldn’t get through a day without my online family. The authors, the journos, bloggers, vloggers, anyone who is working hard to make something good and everyone who puts up with my madness on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and my Hello! Blog. You’re all champions and I can’t wait to see you IRL.
And as for the poor people who have to tolerate me day in, day out, I’m sorry and I’m thankful and I’d have gone mental(er?) without you by now. Mentaler isn’t a word, scratch that. I’m not going to name names because I’d be here all day. You know who you are, you’re the best ones and I love you. Well, I suppose Jeff gets a mention because he might lock me out. Thank you, Jeff.
And thank you for reading this! You have been acknowledged, I acknowledge thee. Next time, I’m just going to print a list of names and an ‘I.O.U’ drinks voucher to save everyone time.
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About the Author
Lindsey Kelk is an author, journalist and prolific tweeter. Born and brought up in the UK, she worked as a children’s editor before moving to New York and becoming a full-time writer. She now lives in LA.
Lindsey has written twelve novels: I Heart New York, I Heart Hollywood, I Heart Paris, I Heart Vegas, I Heart London, I Heart Christmas, The Single Girl’s To-Do List, Always the Bridesmaid, About a Girl, What a Girl Wants, A Girl’s Best Friend and We Were On A Break. You can find out lots more about her here: http://lindseykelk.com
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Also by Lindsey Kelk
I Heart series
I Heart New York
I Heart Hollywood
I Heart Paris
I Heart Vegas
I Heart London
I Heart Christmas
Girl series
About a Girl
What a Girl Wants
A Girl’s Best Friend
Standalones
The Single Girl’s To-Do List
Always the Bridesmaid
We Were On A Break
Ebook-only short stories
Jenny Lopez Has A Bad Week
Jenny Lopez Saves Christmas
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