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He forked some antipasto onto her plate, then his own ‘What are your plans now, Didi?’

She blinked Her plans? That wasn’t what she’d expected to hear and the bubbles in her systeest soether ‘I…um…I’m not sure yet It kind of depends…’ She waited for him to take her cue

He bit into a cherry to time ‘Stay on here a few more days if you want to think about it Unwind before you find somewhere else’

Her heart stopped Literally stopped She was surprised it started again because it felt as if he’d sliced it open and her blood seemed to have drained into her feet How could he sound so…detached after what they’d shared over the past three weeks?

What had she expected? It was over When the time’s up I walk away, no complications on either side The deal—she’d said it herself And ue now?

‘Thank you But I’ll be looking for so fro about only having eyes for you, dear Cameron couldn’t have made a worse choice in music if he’d tried

His eyes didn’t meet hers as he said, ‘There’s no rush’

‘Oh, I think there is’

He reached out, touched her fingers ‘It’s been fun, hasn’t it?’

‘Fun’ She remembered their first kiss It was fun, Cameron Her oords mocked her

‘I’ve enjoyed our tiether’

‘Yes…’ She pulled her fingers away He let her

‘Didi The trick is not taking these kinds of arrangements too seriously’

‘You’re so right If you’ll excuseon I…Thank you for…’ she waved a tre hand over the table ‘…this’ Somehow she made herself stand ‘If you don’t rab my stuff…’

Clutching her toiletries and fisting hot tears away, she closed the spare bedrooainst it What had that poster said? He’s not the man you think he is She still didn’t knohat Katrina had ht: he wasn’t

He was more