Me-Before-You-by-Jojo-Moyes

‘What does she have to be insecure about?’ The words left my mouth before I
could help myself.
He looked almost amused. ‘You’d be surprised,’ he said. ‘Girls like Lissa
trade on their looks for so long they don’t think they have anything else.
Actually, I’m being unfair. She’s good with stuff. Things – clothes, interiors. She
can make things look beautiful.’
I fought the urge to say anyone could make things look beautiful if they had a
wallet as deep as a diamond mine.
‘She could move a few things around in a room, and it would look completely
different. I never could work out how she did it.’ He nodded towards the house.
‘She did this annexe, when I first moved in.’
I found myself reviewing the perfectly designed living room. I realized my
admiration of it was suddenly slightly less uncomplicated than it had been.
‘How long were you with her?’
‘Eight, nine months.’
‘Not that long.’
‘Long for me.’
‘How did you meet?’
‘Dinner party. A really awful dinner party. You?’
‘Hairdresser’s. I was one. He was my client.’
‘Hah. You were his something extra for the weekend.’
I must have looked blank because he shook his head and said softly, ‘Never
mind.’
Inside, we could hear the dull drone of the vacuum cleaner. There were four
women in the cleaning company, all wearing matching housecoats. I had
wondered what they would find to do for two hours in the little annexe.
‘Do you miss her?’
I could hear them talking amongst themselves. Someone had opened a
window, and occasional bursts of laughter filtered out into the thin air.
Will seemed to be watching something in the far-off distance. ‘I used to.’ He
turned to me, his voice matter-of-fact. ‘But I’ve been thinking about it, and I’ve
decided that she and Rupert are a good match.’
I nodded. ‘They’ll have a ridiculous wedding, pop out an ankle biter or two, as
you put it, buy a place in the country, and he’ll be shagging his secretary within