Can You Keep a Secret?

by Sophie Kinsella

I’ve always had this deep-down conviction that I’m not like everybody else, and there’s an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me just around the corner.

“… knight in shining armor is not a realistic option. But there’s a part of me that wants a huge, amazing romance. I want passion. I want to be swept off my feet. I want an earthquake, or a … I don’t know, a huge whirlwind … something exciting. Sometimes I feel as if there’s this whole new, thrilling life waiting for me out there, and if I can just—”

I feel all agitated, like one of those snow globes you see resting peacefully on shop counters. I was perfectly happy being an ordinary, dull little Swiss village. But now Jack Harper’s come and shaken me up, and there are snowflakes all over the place, whirling around until I don’t know what I think anymore. And bits of glitter, too. Tiny bits of shiny, secret excitement.

“The truth is, some relationships are supposed to last forever, and some are only supposed to last a few days. That’s the way life is.”