London Calling

By Laura (L.A.) Mariani

Gabrielle was away from the Paris office more and more, and working from home had started to creep in. From the London home.

​​​​​​​London was calling

• Language: English
• Publisher: ThePeopleAlchemist Press
• Release date: Sep 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9781915501196

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London Calling

LONDON CALLING

THE NINE LIVES OF GABRIELLE: FOR THREE SHE STAYS - BOOK 1

LAURA MARIANI

ThePeopleAlchemist Press

Copyright © 2022 by Laura Mariani

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ISBN: 978-1-915501-19-6

To London, one of my three loves.

Shh, don’t tell anyone: you are my favourite!

" To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory;

to be vanquished by one’s own nature is the worst

and most ignoble defeat"

- Plato

"Ma Chérie Gabrielle,

n'aie pas peur de combien je te désire".

The crumpled piece of paper he was holding was not ordinary paper. It was a letter. A letter to Gabrielle. In French. He could feel somehow that his day was about to change.

Funny how things can alter so quickly. 

The day had started so well. The sun filtering through the gap in the heavy curtains woke them gently.

His arms were still around her; he found that he couldn't quite sleep without being close to her, skin to skin. As if he was scared she was about to fly away.

Gabrielle was lying there, motionless, looking at him sweetly, her hair ruffled, cheeks flushed, trying not to breathe. Precious moments contemplating how lucky he was.

They were back home after a long weekend celebrating the day they met — he organised it as a surprise for her, together with an overnight stay at a central hotel. And then, they spent the previous day talking; well, for the first time, it was Gabrielle talking. About herself and why she had been so distracted,