Chapter 13. Noelle

2015

Leaving Oxford to return to the United States had been bittersweet. Noelle felt burned out and was tired of studying so that part was a relief, but leaving her friends who were remaining in Britain was breaking her heart.

After Will and Noelle had returned from Italy and broken the news of a very gay Will to a stunned Georgie, they had turned into the Oxford version of the Three Musketeers. They spent pretty much all their free time together. In the public eye, Will and Noelle were madly in love, and jealous, longing looks were often cast their way by other girls. Will was the epitome of masculinity. His family name mixed with ridiculously rugged good looks and his chiseled body made him one of the most wanted bachelors in the UK, and the female population cried in outrage when he seemed to be officially off the market.

Will’s parents were delighted to see him settling down a bit and not partying and screwing his way through his twenties, as they had feared he