CHAPTER 42
IN A BLINK OF AN EYE
ISABELLA
The days that followed were the kind of days I wanted to bottle up and keep forever.
Alexander was everywhere. He was present, warm and even though sometimes he got lost in thoughts, he wasn't as dismissive as he was before. Unlike before, he stayed at the table after meals, asking me questions about my work, my family, the things I wanted that I had never told anyone.
I found myself waiting for him. In the mornings, I lingered over coffee until he came down. In the afternoons, I found reasons to walk past his study and at night, I lay in bed replaying the sound of his voice.
The guilt was always there. Beneath the wanting, the waiting, and the way my heart raced every time he walked into a room. Julien called every night now. Long conversati
