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Like you’re hanging around to notice?

His heart dived to his toes No, but he could get so on

Not good enough, Harry

It was the best he could co his heart on the line again, even if it had taken a hit these past couple of days ‘There’s nothing to stop you carrying on with your list’

Her gaze was fixed on soht I’ve had a blast this weekend But it’s also brought back memories of a past I’ve strived hard to keep under lockdown’ Her finger was picking at the hem of her denim shorts above her knee

‘You’re frightened?’

‘What if I can’t get myself back under control?’

‘Would that be a bad thing if it’s what you truly want?’ What was an out-of-control-out-of-bed Sienna truly like? Exciting? Enchanting? Infuriating? Guess he’d never know

I’d like to know

Again, his heart did a dive Again, he ignored it

‘I et the time I said I wanted to take to the air and swoop over the world observing everyone and everything It was a child’s fantasy that had nothing to do with real life’ Pick, pick There’d be no hem left if she continued

But Harry kept on his own scratching ‘Do you really want to live in a way that doesn’t make you happy?’ He needed to know this It would explain Sienna better

Sienna sed hard Why was Harry pushing her? It wasn’t as if he’d donea doctor isoff for a day on a boat or driving to another town for a week’ So was finding the love of her life and settling down to raise a family with hi on the list Her eyes slid sideways No, Harrison was adorable, too easy to fall in love with—if she hadn’t already He was the man she’d like in her life for ever, but he wasn’t available because of his own issues Going there would be too frightening But equally te

‘You’ve been happy these past few days Keep pushing yourself, Sienna’

‘You’re great at handing out advice, aren’t you? Tried following any yourself?’

‘Yeah,’ he drawled ‘I took you away for the weekend’

‘You enjoyed it?’

‘You have to ask?’

Sienna shook her head ‘No, I don’t But that frightens you You’re aswith hiot home Which was moments away

Harrison nodded ‘True, but there again, ent into this knowing there’s a cut-off point, and to ether’

That as starting to frighten her D-day If she didn’t want to stop seeing him noould she feel in a couple of weeks? Would her heart withstand the pain of letting hi a well-rounded life

Turning into his drive, Harry told her, ‘I’ll unpack and prepare some of that fish for dinner’

‘Sure I’ll take rab some wine’ She eased out of the four-wheel drive and, hands on hips, stretched up on her toes to relieve the tightness in her back fro the bands of worry in her head Enjoy the ht

Minutes later she walked around the corner of Harry’s apart, ‘When’s the start date?’

She paused, her heart nearly deafening her

But not enough Harry was saying, ‘That’d work in perfectly withhere at Christ else out there at the moment, and I need to leave Auckland’