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GLENDA'S POV

I beat myself up, regretting why I had insisted that Maurice took the call that night.

It has been days since we returned to London and I hadn't seen him. He was so swamped with work that he was always on the phone or at the office or in his study.

We barely saw or spoke to each other and I was beginning to get angry about it. I had thought we were making headway in our relationship, only for it to plummet down into a well.

It felt as if we were back to the beginning. Starting all over again from point zero. Maurice was barely talking to me, just like the first time I arrived here.

He was back to spending more time with Lucy. Back to ignoring me and acting like I didn't exist.

I sat at the balcony overlooking the lake, a heavy sadness sat in my heart and a sickening loneliness consumed me.

“Are you going to keep sulking in secret?”

I heard Nana's voice from behind and I stirred to come face to face with her.

“Nana.” I greeted her with a nod.

“Don't do that.” She said st