She jumped up. Flynn got up too. She half turned to him. He placed a hand on her arm and his eyes searched hers.

“Keely…”

She winced as his grip tightened on her bruised elbow.

“Sorry…” He let go as if she were a hot potato.

“I’d better get going,” she said. “It must be lunchtime.”

“You don’t have to get the lunch.”

His words drifted behind her as she hurried up the path without looking back. In her mind, she saw Flynn’s face close to hers again. What was that look? Had it been surprise? Her heart thumped in her chest and her hands trembled. He would be surprised if he knew she was falling in love with him. She couldn’t allow herself to be such a fool. Kat was the one who had his heart.

* * *

Euan had taken Dianna for lunch at a new winery further north. He liked their wine and he’d heard the food was good and that had proved correct. They’d consumed some delicious seafood over a bottle of SBS and he had to admit it was a fresh, vivacious drop. Not bad for a blended wine. They sat in the corner of the balcony, which gave them a view over a neatly manicured lawn to a small lake.

Euan poured the last of the wine into their glasses and tilted his towards Dianna’s. “Officially, welcome to Margaret River.”

“I am beginning to understand why you like this corner of Australia.” She stretched her arms luxuriously towards him, like a cat. “The scenery is beautiful, the wines are magnificent and the food is to die for. Who wouldn’t want to live here?”

Euan raised an eyebrow. “Who indeed, ma chère.”

“Are you implying I wouldn’t?” She rested her elbows on the table, put her chin on her clasped hands and tilted her head sideways.

Euan held her gaze as he took a sip of his wine. “We come from different worlds, you and I.”

“We do. However, when you left this time I had hoped you’d miss me enough to come back.”

He put down his glass and reached forward. Taking her hands in his, he gently pulled them towards him and brushed them with his lips before he met her eyes again. “I did miss you. But you are tied to your world and I to mine.”

“Love overcomes many obstacles.”

Euan looked down at her soft hands, still clasped in his weathered grip. He had believed he’d never know the feeling again but he had realised, during his last visit to the east, that what he felt for Dianna was more than a convenient friendship. It was love. He just wasn’t sure whether she felt the same. The logistics of combining their two lifestyles permanently were huge.

“You have your magazine and I have my vines.”