LucienSince Greece, I found myself looking forward to conversations that had nothing to do with work. I remembered details about her that served no professional purpose. I noticed when she was tired or frustrated, even when she tried to conceal it.For her birthday, I bought her a car, arranged for her favourite flowers to be waiting at the guest house, and organised a dinner I hoped she would enjoy. None of it was obligatory. I did those things because I wanted to make her happy.And now she had told me she loved me. Or she had said the words, at least.I couldn’t ignore the possibility that she meant them, but I couldn’t assume that she did.Victoria told me she loved me, then cheated on me the following day. Elara was different from Victoria in temperament and in the way she approached relationships. She had given me no reason to believe she would deliberately hurt me.Knowing that did not erase the memory of what happened.I spent years keeping my personal life uncomplicated. I u
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