Beneath the same sky

, and in those two weeks, everything in his life had quietly shifted. Days were

la Sin

t have noticed him-but did. Every whispered conversation, every secret glance, fe

en moments co

across the grass. He looked up and found another man standing near him. Tall, probably in his late twenties

d coolly. "You mus

ed. "Can I help y

m up. "Just wondering what it is a

n't f

ot play dumb. I've se

stomach t

you?" the man asked, taking a

respond. He

han Carrow. My family does business with Charle

niel said, returni

might think she sees something in you. But eventually, she

he hose tighter.

g some poor-boy fantasy. But if you think this is going to end with any

t took everything in him not

smug satisfaction trailing b

l near the old greenhouse, where h

oticed the tensio

pened?" s

pped by," Daniel said

owed. "He's n

e. Thinks I'm jus

e y

ally looked at her. "I do

this place who talks to me like I'm real. Like I matter outside of a hea

the rest of the words wer

nd you make me feel like

fingers slowly wove together. For a moment, the world fa

, "Meet me tonight. Aft

d only a second

t through the back roads toward the estate. He knew the cameras,

waiting. She wore a long gray cardigan over her dress a

music, their fears, their dreams. She told him she wanted to study in Florence. He

he said, leaning her

into view, Daniel allowed him

and the cover of night, they weren't poo

ls trying to find a pl

eth