Mum ignores me. ‘You just want to keep the boundaries clear, darling. You know? A nice, nubile young girl like you. He’ll snap you up and put a ring on your finger before you know it.’ Belle full-on laughs. ‘Mum!’ I protest. Fuck’s sake. She makes me sound like some lithesome servant girl. ‘Mark my words, darling, you don’t want to be the Maria to his Captain Von Trapp,’ she tells me. ‘He’ll go full you brought music back to my life on you.’ ‘Except by music, he’ll be talking about sex,’ Belle interjects unhelpfully. I give her my best side-eye. ‘I liked you far more when you were repressed
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