Chapter Thirty-Five
It was a definite sign of how she’d been feeling that Ash hadn’t invited any of her family over to her new place in London yet. At first, she had to get used to it—to inhabiting a space, no matter how small, on her own again. To not have obvious signs of someone else’s life on display everywhere. It had also taken her months to unpack, to decorate, and now, to put the final touches to the shelves, the walls, and the windows. To make it feel like a home she could be happy in, even if it had to be on her own. It didn’t help that everywhere she looked she saw a spot where she and Gloria had kissed or, even worse, had had their hands and mouths all over each other.
It was the weekend after she had said goodbye to Gloria—after they’d pressed the pause button. Ash had just
