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“We’ll stay here,” he said softly, leaning his cheek against the top of my head. “I’ll ask Helena to find a place for you to stay.”
“I don’t have a job.” I paused. “Although that was a pretty substantial cheque from your mum.”
“There you are, then. Not that I’d expect you to pay for anything.”
“You are not paying my rent.”
“We can agree to disagree.”
“Hugo.”
“Sophie.”
I sighed. “I’m too tired to argue. I’ve done enough of that with myself.”
He chuckled. “How about I order food and we just stay here, doing nothing? Then we can go to bed, sleep, and we can finally wake up together tomorrow morning. Where you can make the tea because I’ll do it wrong.”
“That sounds perfect.”
EPILOGUE – SOPHIE
Forever
“And Nora didn’t mind?”
Hugo shook his head, hitting the indicator. “Nope. She said she only had one weekend stay booked, so she cancelled it. She’s actually charging market rate and not holiday-let rate, too, so it’s a good deal. I think she likes you.”
“Everyone there likes me. Except your mother.”
He side-eyed me.
“All right, all right.” I fought back a giggle. “No, I mean it. Everything that happened, happened. I’m willing to draw a line in the sand and do the best I can to be friends with her.”
“I have a feeling it’s going to take a lot more work on your part than hers. You’re much easier to get along with than she is.”
“I don’t know. I’m a bit of a diva sometimes.”
“I am aware.”
It had been five days since I’d shown up in London, and we were finally making our way south to Cavendish House. Nora was more than happy to give me a temporary tenancy on the cottage, and I was extremely grateful for that.
I didn’t want to move right into Cavendish House. There were a lot of people there that I wasn’t used to. It was a whole way of life I’d never truly experienced, and I wanted to ease in slowly.
Hugo agreed.
We’d fallen so hard and fast that I think we were both aware of the work it would take for us to have our relationship progress like a normal couple. Me having my own space was a big step towards that, and so was my new job.
When I’d gone home yesterday to finish packing my things, Camilla had been there. She said she was so impressed with what I did that she wanted to bring me on in her business.
I still wasn’t sure. I didn’t know if my heart truly lay with any kind of party planning, but it was definitely an option for me. I hadn’t disliked planning Evelyn’s party, not when it got down to it, but I had a feeling there was something else out there for me.
Something I hadn’t yet crossed paths with.
Still, even temporarily, it would work.
I needed to carve out who I truly was, and the more I thought about it, the more I thought it would happen in Moorhaven.
I’d loved that village since I moment I’d stepped foot in it.
