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As soon as Aiden was gone, Cole actually eeeeee-ed and did a little dance. That had gone better than she could ever have imagined.And tonight…oh my God. Her brain went a little haywire with potential scenarios. Most of them sexy as hell. But, honestly, if he just wanted to have dinner and an early night, as long as it was with her, she didn’t care. Once she’d calmed down, she went to shower. It wasn’t as exciting as she’d thought it might be when she was completely high, but it was still nice to wash the night from her skin. Also the water drops were noticeably pretty—the way the light defined them in silver filigree—and they did feel unusually good. Afterward she felt she probably ought to rest, so she went to bed. Except she couldn’t sleep. It wasn’t the bad not-sleeping, like when one is restless or anxious. She was just…awake. As if she hadn’t been up for a day and a night but had, instead, arisen in buttery sunlight to a chorus of bluebirds.
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It was nearly ten o’clock, and Cole was still sitting there, naked and alone, surrounded by melting ice and ruined sushi. She had tried calling, but to no avail. Her wrists were bound, but she still had her fingers and nose for emergencies. She wondered if something had happened to Aiden, and if it would be on the news. Cole also fretted over her predicament, and the fact that Bellerose wasn’t available for assisting with ill-advised acts of self-bondage. She wriggled her hands back and forth and discovered she’d done a really good job of immobilizing herself. The more she tugged, the more her knots held. She’d have to wait for Aiden. But he wasn’t coming, was he? After everything she’d said this morning. After she had begged him. Not in a hot, sexy, exciting way. In a pathetic, awful, humiliating way. Cole wondered if Aiden was laughing at her or bored of her. How could he have said everything he’d said and done everything he’d done, gone out of his way to be k
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Cole was on the train a good twenty minutes before it pulled out of Euston. There had been a few berths still available but they were expensive and, while they were a nice idea in principle, she'd always found them a little claustrophobic. The seats were fairly comfortable - about as comfortable as first class on a nonsleeper - so she took off her shoes and curled up under her coat. Cole rested her head against the window and watched the darkness and the light slipping past. It was seven hours to Edinburgh. She must have slept for some of it. The important thing was that she didn’t cry. They were over the border when the sun rose. Misty gold and rumpled sky and Scotland’s indecorous beauty. So different from England’s neat patchwork. There was a knife-twist in Cole's battered heart: this longing for home. They arrived pretty much on time, and even though she was allowed half an hour to collect herself, she grabbed her bag and dashed across the platform in or
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Eventually Cole calmed down. She wiped her eyes and her nose. Hazel gathered up Cole's things and led her off the path to the top of a little rise where they sat down. Cole took a deep breath. It was cold enough that the air felt almost sharp inside her lungs. Pure. Like she was the first person ever to breathe it. Hugging her knees, she let the horizon fill her eyes. The rock-stippled grass rolled away into sand dunes. And then came the golden sweep of Oldshoremore Beach and beyond it the impossibly blue sea, the turquoise waves turning silver-tipped, like something from a Caribbean dream. Except, y’know, way up in the north of Scotland where sun was something that happened to other people. Hazel nudged Cole's shoulder. “Better?” “Yeah. Sorry. I just feel like an idiot.” “Isn’t that what being twenty is all about?” “Being an idiot?” “No.” She grinned, looking all impish and twinkly. “I meant, falling for unsuitable people. Breaking hea
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Welp, Cole was miserable. It was hard work for her to get over Aiden Crux. But at least being at home gave her time and space to do it. Endless amounts of both. She slept a lot, read every Georgette Heyer in the house in mad, weepy binges, and wandered the hills and shore in a fashion that would surely have made her Byronic locks and long black coat billow in the wind. If she’d had Byronic locks and a long black coat. Hazel must have said something to Cole's Mum and Rabbie because they didn’t bug her. Just let her come and go as she pleased. Talk when she felt like it. The days moved very slowly. It must have been a week later, Cole was sitting in the garden, on the swing Rabbie had strung from their gnarly old oak tree. It was the best spot because one could see all the way down to the sea. And if one went high enough and fast enough, it felt like they could drown in the sky. Cole had probably spent hours out there when growing
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Cole was sufficiently overwhelmed that even when he moved his hand, she didn’t pull away. She just stood there quietly while he kissed her cheeks, her eyes, and the tip of her nose. “I know you don’t, but I think we could have something good together. If you could just accept its—my—limitations.” “We already tried it your way, and you made me feel like shit,” Cole replied. “It wasn’t exactly straightforward for me, either. Being constantly aware of letting you down.” Cole stared at him, shocked and a little bit horrified. He always seemed so controlled and unreachable that she hadn’t really imagined the possibility of, well, affecting him at all. “You won’t let me down, as long as you try.” “You have no idea what you’re asking.” And here they were: going round this mulberry bush again. “Stop treating me like I don’t understand my own desires. Or like I can’t handle yours.” Cole dragged herself out of his arms with a frust
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"N-nothing.” He drew back, but it was only to stand and pull Cole from the swing and into the crook of his arm. He didn’t usually hold her like this, so there was a brief moment when he almost felt like a stranger. But his cologne swept over her like homecoming and Cole melted. Snuggled. Pressed her cheek into the soft, body-warmed cashmere of his jumper. And then burst into tears. “What did I do?” he asked, sounding kind of stricken. Cole made a grotesque gurgling noise. And finally managed, “You were missed. You were missed way too much.” “I missed you too. Enough to chase you to the ends of the earth, my Cole.” “Only on a technicality.” “It still counts and I’m taking it.” She sort of laughed and sort of sobbed. “You’re not going to lose me unless you push me away. Can’t you trust, just a little bit, that I like you?” “It’s hard to believe.” “Why? Haven’t you seen yourself?” “Yes, and you’re e
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Introducing Aiden Crux to her family went pretty much the way she thought it would: which was to say, it was weird as hell, but everyone was super-committed to pretending it wasn’t. Especially considering she had to skirt around their actual relationship. And he probably wasn’t what they were expecting from Ardy’s First Proper Boyfriend. He was charming, though. Attentive and courteous. Perfect gentleman caller material. Not shy, exactly, because there was too much assurance in him for that, but careful. Like he’d come to pick her up for prom and was concerned his intentions might not be deemed honorable. And if her folks knew he was a wildly famous and important type person, they were too polite to make a big deal out of it. Rabbie did ask Aiden what he did and he replied mildly that he was in financial management. And it was only when she spotted a copy of TIME—which just happened to have Aiden right on the front, fierce and unassailable, all folded arms a
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