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A pang s to Athens, but she knew theyhis er with her father’s business entailed That hat they had married for

Theirmore than that

The fact that she and Xandros had becooal

That is what I have to reer is accoo our separate ways

She turned away fro to see the woman there—the woman whose life had been transformed in ways she had never realised it would be when she had first landed on this beautiful enchanted island To, but she would arrive back in Athens a different person There could be no going back to the one she had been

She felt emotion catch at her, but let it slip away It was best that it did Best to simply pick up her flowered shawl and make her way out to the walled terrace Maria, she knew, had prepared a farewell feast for the for her Shehere

In Athens it would bedifferent

She would not have his constant companywould need to be self-reliant Already she had resolved to fill her days productively Exploring Athens, learning Greek, and

even, she had decided, picking up her online studies Qualifications were never wasted, and when she was back in England they would coenerous divorce settle her

She ht start her own businessmake investmentsafter all, she had the rest of her life ahead of her Her life beyond Xandros

She felt a chill strike her and pulled her shawl a little closer around her shoulders

Yet it did not seem to warm her

CHAPTER ELEVEN

DESPITE HER RESOLVE to be self-reliant when they were back in Athens, and not expect Xandros to dance attendance on her, Rosalie found she had to keep re the er he haddays at his office—long days in which she had to occupy herself

She did just as she had resolved to do—assiduously exploring the city and its cornucopia of ancient treasures, attee as she’d told herself she would and picking up her online studies again, courtesy of the brand-new laptop Xandros had presented her with She also, at Xandros’s behest, sampled the many upner wardrobe yet further—it was frivolous, but wonderful to be able to indulge herself as a budding fashionista