Chapter 20

"This place is amazing," I gasped, spinning around and letting my eyes drift lasciviously over the sumptuous cream decor, plush carpets and high ceiling. I wanted to take my shoes off and let my bare toes sink into the thick rugs. I wanted to run my hands along marble and chrome. The open-plan apartment looked out, via a huge glass wall, onto the London skyline, and I felt ashamed that I never knew the city could look so beautiful. At ground level, all I ever saw was the dirt and the grime of the busy streets, the crushing pollution and the suffocating bustle of people. Up here, everything looked clean and magical; the lights of the city sparkling across the landscape like fairy lights. "I guess removals pays well these days?" Harper looked up from pouring me a large glass of white and smiled but said nothing. He had picked me up from the end of my road, far enough away from the prying eyes of my neighbours and when I had approached t