by laf199
Though sad and heartbreaking, it was a great chapter. No matter how things seem, talking and laying your cards on the table are most appropriate. She needs to tell him soon or just move in with him. If she can afford the equity of partner she can afford to live with him without working.
Don't take too long with an update.
Goodness, she's worried about having no support in London, but she's already got none here. Pick up, move, help Joe network, and work on some publications towards a carreer in academia.
Eagerly looking forward to the next installment.
Not very creative, conflict is nice in telling a story but this is one of the most overused, tired plot lines in the anals of current romance fiction. Not gritty and realistic anymore. IMHO
A Treat
Perhaps the plot has been used before, but your abilities to make these characters real and to tug the reader's emotions is excelled by few on this site. I can sense one or maybe two chapters before the inevitable (I hope) happy ending, and I hope you'll publish them soon.
And I cannot wait for him to freak out. BTW, the plot to seperate them should be exposed and her parents brought down a peg. Don't let them off the hook.
Is it sexist to ask why there has never been any discussion or even consideration of her leaving the job she is dissatisfied with and going with him to London. That would sure as hell stick it to her parents. Poor old Henry, hung on his own petard.