~~ETHEL~~
All the way through the drive back to the penthouse, I stared out the window, Sharon's words echoing in my head.
'The love of his life.'
'He pushed her away.'
'Found her in bed with Nikolai.'
'Hasn't let anyone close since.'
'Until you.'
'He looked at you the way he used to look at her.'
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but I felt like doing both. Whatever way Sharon thought Keanu looked at me, it certainly wasn't with the pure adoration that had been on his face in that photograph with Maura.
It had been the look of a man in love. A look that was never going to be directed at me. Not that I wanted it to be. What we had was just an arrangement, completely different from what he'd had with Maura.
I stared at the ring on my finger, the ring Keanu had given to me to
