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Though it wasn’t actually Aurora who had halted things, for she was desperate for his kiss. No, it was a force greater than she that had somehow gathered and dragged those words from her mouth.

‘It’s been a long day,’ she added, then gave him a smile and walked off.

It would be a long, lonely night.

But at least she would awake with her pride.

CHAPTER SEVEN

Tuesday:

Room Service breakfast

RSVP’d Marianna to decline Nico’s kind invitation to breakfast, explaining I had already made plans.

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Room Service dinner.

Read for a little while

Cried.

Wednesday:

Breakfast in restaurant.

Forgot about Nico!

Bought a red dress during lunch break.

Worked the day on Reception and was shouted at.

Went to the hotel’s hair salon and drank champagne while hair was done!

Read some more.

Hate him.

Thursday:

Woke early

Coffee at sunrise in a café opposite the hotel.

Grateful that I didn’t sleep with him again…

Not really…

THERE WAS SOMETHING so special about Rome early in the morning. The gleaming cobbled streets, fresh from the street cleaners, the lack of people, the abundance of all things beautiful.

Everywhere she looked there was more to see.

The disgusting gargoyles with their erections and horrible tongues.

The timeless beauty of the Spanish Steps.

And there it was. The Trevi Fountain, standing resplendent.

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