Nicholas’s POV

I drove back in silence.

The whole way from Edinburgh, four hours on roads that got busier as the morning opened up.

I did not play music, take calls, or let my mind wander anywhere near what had just happened.

I had looked at that woman’s face for no more than ten seconds before I stepped back, turned around, and walked back to my car.

She had not called after me. She had not moved from the doorway.

She had simply stood there and watched me go, and that ...