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Cecelia Ahern 3-Book Collection: One Hundred Names, How to Fall in Love, The Year I Met You

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2019
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‘I’m not having problems – well, okay, I am but in the opposite way. It’s just that there is so much material. One hundred people’s stories in five thousand words is near impossible.’

‘Kitty …’ He was warning her now.

‘I know, I know, just listen.’

‘No, I’ve heard you. This is your baby, you drove this thing forward. If this was Constance’s idea for a feature then she would have figured out a way to do this. You knew her better than anyone, you’re a great writer, Kitty, you’ll figure it out.’

Kitty smiled at the praise; she hadn’t had much of that for the past year. ‘Thanks.’

‘It’s true, but I don’t want to ever have to tell you that again.’

‘I know, I’m sure it hurt you to say it.’

‘You think I hate you so much.’ She heard the smile in his tone. He lowered his voice so nobody could hear him. ‘What can I do to make you believe that I don’t?’

She heard herself say, ‘Hmm,’ and they both laughed.

‘Actually, what are you doing tonight?’ he asked.

‘Oh, you don’t want to know.’ She thought of the manure lining the stairway to her flat, an impatient Zhi and a long night ahead of her, cleaning.

‘So you’re busy.’

‘Why?’ She sat up, her heart beating faster. She wanted to backtrack, say no, she had no plans. What had she been thinking? That had been a deliberate lead on from her previous suggestive comment and she was too stupid thinking about manure to have realised it.

‘Oh, no reason.’ Pete cleared his throat. ‘I’ve been working late here to get this done. I’ve been here most nights till ten or eleven; if you wanted any help or a meeting about anything, just drop by.’


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