linking her arm

oth a tour! The new kitc

ce claims and redesigns, her h

ft with an emotion I hadn't

v," he said. "You

?" Olivia said, her voice laced with something propri

l just move my office here

uld you?" Her

e his focus, his ambiti

m, a ghost at their

n afterthought, a

at down to order,

, the truffle risotto, and the

a bottle of the San

ds. "Ethan, you rememb

, then casually

ur preferences, Amy. Or

hated duck. He didn't know I preferred sti

difference wa

felt sick. "Just a s

sed myself to

follo

by the sinks, he

r lipstick. "Always remembers the little things. My shell

eyes meeting min

know, Amy, sometimes a man needs to focus on the w

ion was clea

e was a creaking sound from

r in the main dining room had

ms er

, saw it

it than I was. But h

towards Olivia, who was standin

ding her body with his own as a sho

r a second, the

ornamental brass

head. I stumbled,

ed, pulling Olivia to her feet, che

for the faulty fixture. Ethan was already positioning

n glanced in

d in. I crumpl

n a hospita

A thick bandage wa

h, you're awake, dear.

my husband?" I mum

ple times, honey. No answer

He was wi

on the bedside table,

trike

hed to save Olivia. Ignor

nal. "Writing your mem

It's a list. When it reaches one

ightly. "And where

voice flat. "Actually, more. I stop

han appeared

heveled, his

t happene