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I loved the fact that winter wasn’t freezing-your-arse-off cold In the three weeks I’d been living in the ridiculously expensive flat a few blocks fro out of when the six months were up), I’d reluctantly come to admire Sydney
I liked the warmth of the Australians We shared a similar sense of humor, no one looked twice atout of the ordinary, the food was great, I loved being so close to the water, and there was a bustling vibrancy about the city that I didn’t even realize I was h
But none of that ing—a longing so deep in ’s arms wrapped around me, feel his warm breath on my neck as he held ht, whispering loving words, sex words I’d rely hot, htstand did little to easeit was going to take me to move on
Because I was terrified I never would
“Can I get you another glass of wine, Rain?”
The sound of lanced up at Lia beside me in the booth ere all craave hi off to the bar
Liam was one of the friends Darcy had irl she’d been staying with these past fewout with a coroup ofMei Mei was close with Darcy, sitting opposite Dex, and next to Joanie, edged in between her and Xander, Darcy’s new boyfriend At the end of the booth, sitting tucked into Xander’s side, was Darcy
I flickedback and it clashed withuessed how unhappy I was I flashed her a s it “You okay?”
“I’m okay”
“I think Lia the intense staring enuine one “Everyone fancies Rain”
“You’re one to talk,” Joanie scoffed, and I detected the very real jealousy in her tone and in her eyes as she looked away frohtnot to laugh
Xander caught the interplay between us and I saw a seous We both had dark, al dark brown eyes, Darcy had tip-tilted eyes so blue they were like the aqua waters that surrounded Santorini The blue only stood outblack lashes that fra eyes Her features were also more refined than ht and curvier than
I was so da, I loved that I got to be with ot the chance to see how much she’d learned frous He wasn’t a pretty boy by any means In fact, except for his build (he was a very tall, very fit personal trainer), Xander wasn’t all that extraordinary looking But as I got to know him, I saw the kind humor in his dark eyes and the charisma of a confident, down-to-earth oddess