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friends, nothing had really been said between them to suggest otherwise. She felt the atmosphere shift between them and she couldn’t look at him as she composed herself.  He could be interested in me.
    “I live with someone Daniel” She couldn’t lie to him and felt sick as she told him but his expression was neutral “He’s called Andrew and he’s a barrister, we live in a converted mews in the centre of Manchester.” she spoke coldly, no emotion in her voice. “And I hate him”. 
    “Tell me how you got that mark on your head, Nicole”.  He took a sip of his drink, watching her.
    “ You know I told them at work I had walked into a tree” Nicole looked down at the table, she hadn’t spoken to anyone about the truth and she told him about the night he had slammed her into the mirror. Daniel clenched his jaw, he hated this Andrew already but he let her talk. “I can’t leave him, I can’t buy him out of the mortgage, we are in negative equity on the flat, and I don’t have that sort of money. I’m trapped Daniel” tears pricked to her eyes “I’m sorry I don’t know why I’m telling you all this”.
    “I’m sorry Nicole, I really am” He reached over and held her hand across the table. “How much would it cost to buy him out?” She told him the rough figure and he nearly burst out laughing.  It was nothing, he could write her a cheque right now and it would all go away. 
    “Anyway I don’t know why I’m telling you all this ” she waved her glass in the air as she spoke, barely smiling through the pain. She looked at the beautiful man sat in front of her, concern in his eyes. This is how it should be. “I need to find a millionaire landowner that can rescue me from all of this but that’s not real is it?” She caught his eye.
    Daniel’s face darkened. Did she know who he was after all?  Was she just another gold digging bitch?  He let go of her hand across the table and Nicole looked confused for a moment.
    “ Oh God Daniel I didn’t mean that, I don’t know why I even said it, I don’t care about the money.  I would walk away from Andrew tomorrow if I could.  If he would let me” she shuddered at the thought of what he would do if she did leave “Anyway let’s change the subject, enough about me and my shit life”.
    He felt his heart break for this beautiful woman sat in front of him, she was fra gile and he wanted to hold her. He wanted to make the pain go away, and at that moment across the table he fell in love. The kind of love you only experience once in a lifetime. Love that stops for no one and he smiled, unable to articulate for a moment, there was so much he wanted to say. 
    “Come on, what about you?  Tell me about your past seeing as we are talking about this, you don’t have a girlfriend?” Nicole smiled brightly at him, she had composed herself.  One night, she just wanted him for one night.  A memory to cherish forever.  Daniel shook h is head, distracted by her again and his previous tension had gone.
    “No I haven’t met anyone special for a while” he finished his Prosecco “But you never know what’s round the corner, who you might meet when you’re least expecting it, don’t you think?” he changed the pace of the conversation. “God you deserve so much more Nicole, just leave him.”  His eyes burned into her and she squirmed under the intensity again but she couldn’t pull a speaker from her ear and turn away this time. 
    “It’ s not as simple as that Daniel. Anyway please let’s enjoy the rest of the night.”  She looked around and caught the eye of the waiter who rushed over, glad to have something to do in the quiet restaurant.
    “Do you want any desserts?” he asked them and Nicole refused “Not for me but I would love a coffee, an espresso. What about a brandy?” She looked at Daniel and he nodded “Make that two” she smiled.
    Daniel looked over at her when the waiter had gone “Good choice, I can’t end my meal