‘Go home, Faye. You need help,’ he says.

‘But Andriu, hear me out, please.’

Andriu stops. He turns and walks towards me.

‘I’m sorry, Andriu, I shouldn’t have flown off the handle that night. I shouldn’t have asked you to leave. I miss you, Andriu. If I could go back, I’d do things differently.’

‘Sorry Faye, but that was a long time ago. I’ve moved on and you should too. I pity you, you know.’

I don’t normally accept sympathy easily, in fact I hate it. It makes me feel like a loser, a failure. It’s another way of saying, I’m glad I’m not you, but from Andriu, I’ll accept any form of attention. Even if it’s tainted with a hint of malice.

‘I tried, Andriu. I tried to move on but I couldn’t get you out of my thoughts.’

I lower my head shyly and lift my eyes to look at him. He steps forward and moves his face closer to me. For a moment I can feel excitement rushing to my head. Is he going to kiss me?

‘Were you following me?’ he says. His boozy breath lands on my face.

‘No, I just saw you across the street and…’ Shit. Andriu must realise it was me he recognised sitting up at the bar. He’ll think I’m crazy.

‘You need to go home, love, or wherever you should be. You should not be here.’

He said love, Andriu said love. My heart is swelling; it’s going to burst. A flurry of heat shoots through my body. I’d better do what he says.

‘But can we meet before you go back to London?’ I say, hopeful now as he knows I still love him and that I’m still available.

‘Sure,’ he nods. His eyes stare through me. It’s like he’s trying to figure me out. I wish he’d ask me to come back to his hotel with him. Maybe I’ll suggest it.

‘I’m freezing here, Andriu,’ I say, my teeth chattering. ‘Is your hotel nearby?’

‘I think it’s best if you go home, Faye. It’s not safe around here. Are you still on the same number?’ So he remembers my number – or at the very least didn’t delete it.

‘Yes.’

‘Okay, go home, I’ll catch up with you before I go back.’

I let him go. Leaving me feeling a lot happier. I would have loved to go back to his hotel. To make love all through the night. But I should have known Andriu wouldn’t take advantage of me. He’s not like that. He cares about me. All I need is time to rekindle his love for me. To remind him how great a couple we were. Then we’ll get back together.