Dreaming of Verona: An enchanting, feel-good holiday romance by T.A. Williams

Dreaming of Verona: An enchanting, feel-good holiday romance by T.A. Williams

Author:T.A. Williams [Williams, T.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788637633
Publisher: Canelo
Published: 2020-02-02T18:30:00+00:00


Chapter 14

Suzie got back to the hotel feeling dejected. It was all very well telling herself she was only going to be here in Italy for another couple of weeks, so there wouldn’t have been time for anything much to develop apart from, maybe, a fleeting holiday romance, but she knew herself well enough to recognise there could so easily have been more to it than that. He was kind, he was generous and his involvement with the special school and its pupils had endeared him to her even more. He was caring, talented and bright and there was no possible doubt about the fact that she found him very physically attractive. Under other circumstances, she knew she could so easily have fallen for him, and she couldn’t get away from the realisation that she had never felt quite like this about any man before – not even Rob. It was, therefore, with a heavy heart that she walked into her empty room and closed the door behind her. Without putting on the light, she opened the French windows and went out onto the terrace.

Although it was almost eleven o’clock, it was still warm, although as October approached there was no longer the sultry heat of summer in the air. Before long, autumn would bring cold winds down off the mountains and the leaves would fall from the trees. Where she would be, and what she would be doing by then, was still the great unknown. She leant on the balustrade and looked out over the flickering lights of this city she was growing to love and felt tears in her eyes. She told herself she was crying for poor Michael and his tragic loss, but, deep down, she knew she was crying for herself as well. Here she was, nudging thirty, and her life was still far from settled. She had no job, no home – apart from her parents’ home in Devon – no direction, and she had no special someone at her side. In spite of the beauty of the view over the rooftops, she felt low.

Finally rousing herself, she went back inside and the first thing she did was remove her disposable contact lenses. She wasn’t used to wearing them for any length of time and it was a relief to throw them in the bin and reach for her glasses once more. Her eyes were a bit red but, tonight, that wasn’t necessarily the fault of the lenses.

However, she received a much-needed boost to her flagging spirits when she went back into her room and checked her emails. To her delight, there was one from Professor Macgregor-Brown and it instantly brought a smile back to her face. He informed her that he had read her doctoral thesis and had only the highest praise for it. He was very complimentary and he finished by asking if she might like to join him for Sunday lunch once again, in just two days’ time. She didn’t hesitate. Alex’s



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