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Alex seeshim and cocks an eyebrow

“You okay there?”

“Just adrin, and he actually looks e tiet my head around the fact that aof wo all over him

He shrugs “I’ht woer relationship in my twenties, but honestly? Perhaps I always knew deep down that I was meant for someone special”

I can’t help but blush at his words “Didn’t you get lonely?”

I see pain flash in his eyes

“I never used to I’et more of a work-life balance recently But when my parents died last year…well I understood what loneliness was then”

“I’rief “It must have been really difficult”

“Yeah I’rief caer…”

He stops short and I sense he was going to say soht better of it He suddenly seems really interested in his laptop screen and I wonder what it is that he’s avoiding telling me I want to know because I want to know all of hiood time to push Instead I just s

When he does, he coo for brunch when you’re ready? It’s a beautiful day, and there’s a nice breeze around the dunes that calms the sun down”

“Yes, let’s,” I say, hopping out of bed “I’ll go and get ready We can form a plan of action as to hoe tackle my Dad He should be here this afternoon”

“Do you think we should wait until toether tonight watching the Fourth of July fireworks at ht I’ll bow out and say I have a headache or whatever”