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Chapters (84)
  1. Chapter one
  2. Chapter two
  3. Chapter three
  4. Chapter four
  5. Chapter five
  6. Chapter six
  7. Chapter seven
  8. Chapter eight
  9. Chapter nine
  10. Chapter ten
  11. Chapter eleven
  12. Chapter twelve
  13. Chapter thirteen
  14. Chapter fourteen
  15. Chapter fifteen
  16. Chapter sixteen
  17. Chapter seventeen
  18. Chapter eighteen
  19. Chapter nineteen
  20. Chapter twenty
  21. Chapter twenty-one
  22. Chapter twenty-two
  23. Chapter twenty-three
  24. Chapter twenty-four
  25. Chapter twenty-five
  26. Chapter twenty-six
  27. Chapter twenty-seven
  28. Chapter twenty-eight
  29. Chapter twenty-nine
  30. Chapter thirty
  31. Chapter thirty-one
  32. Chapter thirty-two
  33. Chapter thirty-three
  34. Chapter thirty-four
  35. Chapter thirty-five
  36. Chapter thirty-six
  37. Chapter thirty-seven
  38. Chapter thirty-eight
  39. Chapter thirty-nine
  40. Chapter forty
  41. Chapter forty-one
  42. Chapter forty-two
  43. Chapter forty-three
  44. Chapter forty-four
  45. Chapter forty-five
  46. Chapter forty-six
  47. Chapter forty-seven
  48. Chapter forty-eight
  49. Chapter forty-nine
  50. Chapter fifty
  51. Chapter fifty-one
  52. Chapter fifty-two
  53. Chapter fifty-three
  54. Chapter fifty-four
  55. Chapter fifty-five
  56. Chapter fifty-six
  57. Chapter fifty-seven
  58. Chapter fifty-eight
  59. Chapter fifty-nine
  60. Chapter sixty
  61. Chapter sixty-one
  62. Chapter sixty-two
  63. Chapter sixty-three
  64. Chapter sixty-four
  65. Chapter sixty-five
  66. Chapter sixty-six
  67. Chapter sixty-seven
  68. Chapter sixty-eight
  69. Chapter sixty-nine
  70. Chapter seventy
  71. Chapter seventy-one
  72. Chapter seventy-two
  73. Chapter seventy-three
  74. Chapter seventy-four
  75. Chapter seventy-five
  76. Chapter seventy-six
  77. Chapter seventy-seven
  78. Chapter seventy-eight
  79. Chapter seventy-nine
  80. Chapter eighty
  81. Chapter eighty-one
  82. Chapter eighty-two
  83. Chapter eighty-three
  84. Chapter eighty-four

He padded across from the bedroom into the kitchen. The units were all brushed steel and the absence of fingerprints suggested that Neve must have a cleaner to keep the place like this, as it was already clear she wasn’t the most dedicated of homemakers. Jake opened all the cupboards until he found a container marked coffee. There was a dirty mug in the sink, which he rinsed out before filling the kettle and flicking it on. He risked a look in the fridge, but there was no milk, seemingly no butter and an apparent lack of anything resembling jam. Another search of the cupboards failed to produce any other foodstuffs—no cereal, no bread, no freshly baked pain au chocolat or croissants. He’d have to go to one of the little posh cafés down the road for breakfast—which would be nice. It wasn’t a problem. He tried not to think about Lyssa bringing him coffee and the newspaper in bed every weekend morning. Tending to his every whim. He couldn’t help wondering what she would be doing now. This was a very strange feeling. Rather than worrying about having two women to contend with, he appeared to be without one at all for the time being.

The high-tech kettle beeped that it had boiled. Still, at least he could drink his coffee black. He found a spoon and opened the coffee container—but like the cupboards, it too was bare. The gym, it appeared, took precedence over Sainsbury’s too.

He felt very small in the vast emptiness of the apartment. There was no way he could kick round here all day on his own. He’d have to ring Pip and see what his old mate was up to. Hopefully it was something he could tag along with. At the moment, his first day as a single man didn’t seem to be shaping up to much.

His phone rang again. It was Lyssa. There was no way he could answer it. What could he say to her? The temptation to go round there was unbelievably strong. He hoped that she was okay alone. As an answer to his indecision, the phone stopped. It was a bit of a quandary that Lyssa apparently needed him so much when Neve didn’t appear to need him around at all.