The next week, they had dinner together every day till the middle of the week when Daniel had to leave the country on business, but they spoke every day, sometimes until very late into the night. Hope didn’t mind, she would have sacrificed every wink of sleep just to keep hearing his voice. “This one that you’re always on the phone nowadays,” her mother said one evening as Hope walked into the house, her phone at her ear. She’d had Daniel on …
The Only One
Chapter 13 – The Only One
While Hope was crying and feeling sorry for herself, Daniel’s driver had brought his car to park beside hers on the lot, where he waited for further instructions. Hope caught her reflection in the tinted windows over Daniel’s shoulders and smiled ruefully. Daniel pulled back and peered at her face. “Hey,” he said softly. She laughed weakly. “I’m fine. I’m fine…I have no idea why I’m even crying.” He said nothing, instead, he opened …
Chapter 12 – The Only One
Hope didn’t see Daniel for the whole of the next week. She didn’t see him, he didn’t call her, and even though she thought of calling him a couple of times, she remembered how she’d told him that she wasn’t ready and that made her hesitate. What if he’d decided that he didn’t want to wait for her after all? The thought filled her with a vague sense of loss. He probably had loads of girls at his beck and call, why would he hold on for the one …