I glance up at Arrick's jawline. He’s leaning slightly over me while he talks to Nathan, and I’m like a little teen girl with a major crush. Eyeing up the hunky popular boy you never think you have hope of getting. I doubt my adoration for him will ever wain. He’s so perfect.

Everyone here is waltzing around looking crazily happy, and Giovanni has been taken off to bed by Sylvana now he has had a little food and fun. She’s been like a mother hen since he left the hospital. ...