“I’m positive.” Adeline launched her and grabbed her bag.

“Are you actually studying it right now? I hope you don’t hate it. I didn’t dwell on the affair half. I centered on the love they’d.”

Adeline felt a twinge. “Cassie, it’s effective.” It wasn’t effective, however she wished to assist her sister. It was only a ebook, that was all. How a lot ache may a ebook trigger? “Are you positive you don’t wish to include me to the seaside?”

“No. I’ve a video convention with my agent and my new editor, after which I’ve to jot down a biography for myself. That will probably be quick. Cassie Swift was born, went to school after which wrote a ebook. I would like to brighten it. Make it sound extra attention-grabbing.”

“Cassie Swift?” Adeline reached for her sun shades. “You’re utilizing Mum’s identify?”

“The writer actually needs me to. I advised them I wasn’t positive. For a begin I’m not Swift. However they mentioned it was no completely different from utilizing a pen identify. They are saying that Cassie Dunn doesn’t have the best ring to it.”

Or possibly they wished to use the Swift identify. Adeline slid her bag onto her shoulder. She wanted to cease being a cynic. She knew nothing about publishing.

“Don’t fear about that now. Benefit from the second.” She grabbed her hat and checked her reflection within the mirror.

Cassie studied her. “You look incredible. That cover-up is attractive and your swimsuit seems to be fairly beneath. You look good in turquoise.”

“You don’t assume it’s too…bare?”

“I don’t. You’re on the seaside, Adeline. What time are you assembly him?”

Adeline felt her cheeks heat. “Who?”

“Stefanos.” Cassie waggled her eyebrows. “You’re trying exceptionally sizzling, and also you’re sporting only a contact of lip gloss.”

Was she that apparent? “It’s lip sunscreen.”

“In fact it’s. That is romantic. You haven’t seen one another for 20 years after which wham, you see one another and that’s it.”

“You actually do have a ability for fictionalizing actuality.”

Cassie gave a contented shrug. “Name it what you want, however the truth that you’re seeing him once more right now, lower than twenty-four hours because you final noticed him, tells me one thing.”

“It ought to let you know that I’m preserving myself occupied. You’re going to be busy for many of the day, and our mom has a gathering with the marriage planner, though why you want a marriage planner when there are solely going to be a handful of individuals on the marriage ceremony, I do not know.” She was making an attempt laborious to just accept issues the way in which they have been, however nonetheless the concept of the marriage itself didn’t thrill her. She hoped she’d be capable to put on a suitably comfortable expression.

“You don’t must make excuses. There are quite a few methods to occupy your self on the island, and also you’ve chosen to spend your day with Stefanos. However don’t fear—” Cassie held up her arms “—I get it! You’re in all probability afraid to provide me particulars in case you seem in my subsequent ebook, however I promise that basing a ebook on actual occasions was a one-off. Any more, I’m fiction all the way in which. The ebook I’m writing now has an eighty-year-old primary character who’s doing outrageous issues, and it’s totally the product of my creativeness.” She jumped as her telephone pinged. “That’s Oliver. I mentioned I’d name him to catch up earlier than my assembly.”

Adeline headed to the door. “I’ll see you tonight. Have enjoyable planning your subsequent bestseller.” As she walked throughout the patio and down towards the trail that led to the village she heard her sister’s breathless voice.

“Olly? Are you able to consider it? It’s truly occurred!”

Adeline smiled and saved strolling. Her sister’s pleasure was infectious and uplifting. It was a reminder that good issues occurred in life, and once they did, you needed to savor each second.

And he or she’d already determined that regardless of the ebook was like, she would say she cherished it.

She felt higher about the whole lot this morning. Possibly it was as a result of she’d had an excellent evening’s sleep, or possibly it was as a result of she’d woken to discover a message from Stefanos ready for her on her telephone.

Be part of me for a ship journey and lunch?

Her intuition had been to refuse, however then she’d thought, Why not?

She’d go, if solely to show to herself that her father was incorrect about her.

The seaside was crowded, and he or she adopted the trail till she reached the tip of the bay, the place Kostas had his boat enterprise. She felt a twinge of nostalgia, remembering him from her childhood.

Stefanos was standing on the seaside, serving to a household board one of many boats.

He noticed her, waved after which gestured that he’d be 5 minutes.

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