Chapter 28
David insisted on driving me back to my parents’ house on Easter Monday. It was the university vacation, so I didn’t need to go back to London. I knew he wanted to get the meeting-my-parents over and done with. If we were going to date publicly, they would need to be on board with the management of it all.
Because our relationship apparently had to be “managed”. It was weird and not a little alarming. David explained that it was for my sake as much as his. “You don’t want them harassing you, darling,” he told me, referring to the press. “Larry will handle everything. Don’t worry about it.”
It helped that David was incredibly charming. It made it impossible for my parents not to be polite in return. I think it also helped that he was incredibly good looking, and looked less th
