‘There you are, London! I was upstairs looking for you.’

I pause, breath catching in my lungs as Alexi catches up with me from the lift, obviously having missed me in passing, and turn with my brightest smile. God knows where he was in this building, probably the office floor, and I feel weirdly shy around him suddenly. A strange warmth and bubble of happiness that he is still in the building. I don’t know why there is a change in how I feel around him today, other than waking up tucked up in my own bed and knowing he did it.

Maybe the gifts? The thoughtfulness behind them?

I...