Her heart was racing. “Tell me what?”
“I wasn’t entirely honest with you a couple of weeks ago when I told you I was visiting my nan,” he said, his eyes apologising to her. “I went for an interview at a Michelin star restaurant in Berkshire.”
She was confused. What was the big deal about that? “So?”
“I’m leaving Yankee Doodle, baby,” he replied, spelling it out for her.
“You’re leaving?” The words were coming out, but she didn’t believe them, didn’t want to. He couldn’t leave her, not now they’d just found one another.
“Yes, I’m stagnating here,” he said, still holding her hand. “I’ve been here for four years now. I don’t cook, not really cook, and I want more, much more. That’s what the Regal Crown can offer me.”
“The Regal Crown?” She was listening, but she wasn’t hearing.
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