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date? She couldn’t remember and tried not to think too hard on it. She didn’t want to become one of those women in ten years, cold and uncaring. She knew that her personality wouldn’t allow her to be as rude as they were, yet everything else rang a little too familiar. When she thought of the group of young clubbers that had come in briefly and flirted with the wait staff she knew that she would never be that kind of person either. She was herself through and through, yet so many of her life choices had been about others that she let her own life go forgotten. She wanted children; she wanted someone to love and care for, but she also wanted to be able to support herself and her family, to have something that she was passionate about, that drove her and challenged her.
Could she have all of those things still? Or had she left it too late ? She heard the shower turned on in the bathroom that connected her room to Dominic’s. It broke her train of thought. Louisa sighed. She was growing tired and knew that she would now be able to sleep at least. Her only hope was that tomorrow would bring more answers and fewer questions.
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“I’ll be gone for most of the day. Cole, look after my fiancée whilst I’m away,” Dominic called as he left the apartment.
Louisa blushed as he actually winked at her. She didn’t know what had put him in such a happy mood. He even shaved the beard he had been growing since her arrival. The doctor had been that morning and declared that Louisa had a mild concussion and badly bruised ribs. She hadn’t told him that she was especially tired today after over-exerting herself on her midnight walk last night. His instructions were to rest, but as she was healing well he saw no reason to take her for an X-ray. Cole had been only too happy to have her for the day, but she suspected he had something planned as he was twice as cheerful as Dominic.
“ Here’s the remote and your tea,” Cole said as his eyes flicked to the door and back.
“ Cole, you may be a brilliant businessman, but you are worse than a child when it comes to keeping secrets. What has you so excited?” She watched Milo stumble clumsily across the floor, his tail held high behind him, twitching to try to balance himself.
He smiled at her and went to make them both some breakfast. Louisa tried to settle in for the day , but she slept badly. The bed was incredibly comfortable and the room warm and comforting, yet her mind kept reminding her that Dominic was just one room away. She knew that he slept only in trousers and could picture his lightly furred chest bare on those dark sheets. The warmth of his body and the sound of his steady breathing would have been welcome to help her fall asleep. She remained where she was though, gripping the sheets at her side with one hand almost like an anchor.
This morning she heard him in the shower again and wished she was brave enough to go in there and join him. She wouldn’t do something like that though, not until she was sure her hunch about his feelings for her was true.
There was a knock at the door , and Cole practically bounded down the corridor, as much as a 6’3” thirty-three year old man could bound.
“ Hi, Cole? I’m Amanda.”
“ Amanda, hi, she’s right through here.”
Louisa could hear the conversation and waited for them to appear in the main room, already guessing what Cole had done.
“Louisa?” A small brunette woman walked quickly over to her and pulled her into a brief hug. “You must be so excited to get started.”
Louisa glared at Cole. Amanda saw the look and turned to him.
“She didn’t know that I was coming?”
“ I thought it would be a nice surprise.” He had the decency to look sheepish around Amanda’s accusing glare.
“ Oh, I’m sorry about that. But we will have a great day I promise. I’m Amanda, your wedding planner.”
Louisa’s fears had been confirmed. She had been around briefly whilst Cole planned his first
Could she have all of those things still? Or had she left it too late ? She heard the shower turned on in the bathroom that connected her room to Dominic’s. It broke her train of thought. Louisa sighed. She was growing tired and knew that she would now be able to sleep at least. Her only hope was that tomorrow would bring more answers and fewer questions.
****
“I’ll be gone for most of the day. Cole, look after my fiancée whilst I’m away,” Dominic called as he left the apartment.
Louisa blushed as he actually winked at her. She didn’t know what had put him in such a happy mood. He even shaved the beard he had been growing since her arrival. The doctor had been that morning and declared that Louisa had a mild concussion and badly bruised ribs. She hadn’t told him that she was especially tired today after over-exerting herself on her midnight walk last night. His instructions were to rest, but as she was healing well he saw no reason to take her for an X-ray. Cole had been only too happy to have her for the day, but she suspected he had something planned as he was twice as cheerful as Dominic.
“ Here’s the remote and your tea,” Cole said as his eyes flicked to the door and back.
“ Cole, you may be a brilliant businessman, but you are worse than a child when it comes to keeping secrets. What has you so excited?” She watched Milo stumble clumsily across the floor, his tail held high behind him, twitching to try to balance himself.
He smiled at her and went to make them both some breakfast. Louisa tried to settle in for the day , but she slept badly. The bed was incredibly comfortable and the room warm and comforting, yet her mind kept reminding her that Dominic was just one room away. She knew that he slept only in trousers and could picture his lightly furred chest bare on those dark sheets. The warmth of his body and the sound of his steady breathing would have been welcome to help her fall asleep. She remained where she was though, gripping the sheets at her side with one hand almost like an anchor.
This morning she heard him in the shower again and wished she was brave enough to go in there and join him. She wouldn’t do something like that though, not until she was sure her hunch about his feelings for her was true.
There was a knock at the door , and Cole practically bounded down the corridor, as much as a 6’3” thirty-three year old man could bound.
“ Hi, Cole? I’m Amanda.”
“ Amanda, hi, she’s right through here.”
Louisa could hear the conversation and waited for them to appear in the main room, already guessing what Cole had done.
“Louisa?” A small brunette woman walked quickly over to her and pulled her into a brief hug. “You must be so excited to get started.”
Louisa glared at Cole. Amanda saw the look and turned to him.
“She didn’t know that I was coming?”
“ I thought it would be a nice surprise.” He had the decency to look sheepish around Amanda’s accusing glare.
“ Oh, I’m sorry about that. But we will have a great day I promise. I’m Amanda, your wedding planner.”
Louisa’s fears had been confirmed. She had been around briefly whilst Cole planned his first
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