he’d be interested in any of those things. But he told me I was in luck and a couple of days later, he sent me a ticket for The Tempest. I really wanted to see The Tempest, so I went along. Then came the concerts and the weekends away, where we would spend rainy afternoons curled up with a book. He suited me so perfectly that there was nothing to stop me falling in love with him.” She takes a sip of coffee. “I should have told him that I wasn’t looking for a man, then he’d have left me alone.” “But it’s lovely that you both enjoy the same things,” I say, surprised at the vehemence of her last
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