Chapter Three: A Love Already Written

Lin Wan closed the book. “I can't change his choice for you. But you can ask whether he is willing to bear the consequences of breaking his promise.” After Manqing left, Gu Chenzhou appeared in the café across the street. He pointed to the empty chair opposite him as if he had known she would look. Lin Wan brought the book and pushed the Iceland photographs across the table. “Explain.” He showed no surprise. “The book is looking for somewhere to put me.” “Were you following us?” “That trip was mine.” Her breath stopped. “Seven years ago, three months after your mother died, we went to Iceland. You picked the blue hydrangea outside an old bookstore in Reykjavík.