Chapter 1

 

'Gregory?!' Rebecca spoke in surprise, as she felt her heart go still.

'I wasn't sure if you would recognise me in this mask,' came a husky deep reply that sent a delightful shiver running through her body.

'I heard the rumours that you were back, but I never quite believed until now, seeing you here in the flesh.' Rebecca resisted the urge to reach up and touch him. She instead backed into the high wall of the hedge behind her, not knowing quite how to react to seeing him after all this time.

Gregory had been wrong in thinking that she would ever be unsure of his identity. He was hard for anyone to forget, with his tall, broad build and dark devilishly handsome features, all of which added up to give him a powerful physical presence that was only matched with his free-spirited and charismatic persona.

All the memories of him came rushing back into Rebecca's mind, bringing with them all the suppressed feelings she had tried to bottle up inside up to the present moment.

'Even so, I can see you are surprised to see me. Did you miss me, Becky?' He spoke with familiarity as he called her by her pet name.