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  ‘Fate, huh?’

  ‘Fate,’ I say, with more certainty. ‘It has to be. That I met you in the restaurant that night, that you came into my Starbucks… Every time I met you at first was by chance. I’m telling you, that’s fate.’

  He kisses me. ‘I love you.’

  ‘I love you, too.’

  I’ll never get used to saying that, either.

  Cathy comes running over then, pushing Sean out of the way to throw her arms around me. ‘Ooh, I’m so happy for you, Alex! Well done!’

  ‘Thanks.’ I grin at her.

  ‘I told you, you could do it, didn’t I?’ Her voice is a mix of proud and smug. Her blonde hair is tied up in a pretty bun, and she’s smiling as widely as I am. Cathy’s had a few boyfriends on and off over the last couple of years, and she’s single now. But it doesn’t seem to bother her – and she’s not even a little bit jealous that I’ve found The One for me.

  Because I’m sure he is – I’m sure that Sean is the only one I’ll ever want again. He’s everything and more I could ask for in a boyfriend.

  We’re even getting a flat together.

  Which is pretty damn serious as far as my parents are concerned. ‘Serious enough,’ my mum stated, when I told her the news. ‘I’m only fifty two, Alex. You’d better not surprise me with grandchildren any time soon.’

  ‘God, Mum!’ I cried, and she hmmph-ed one last time and dropped the subject.

  Now, I steal a glance at Sean as Cathy starts talking a mile a minute about the trip to Germany she’s got planned for the summer as an au-pair. He smiles at me, looking at me like I’m his entire world. I know, because that’s how I look at him.

  And I couldn’t be happier.

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