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“Yannis.” Zinnia looked up and noticed a flicker of sadness in his eyes. Sensing his sorrow, she tugged gently at the hem of his shirt, giving it a little shake.

“What is it?” Yannis’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly. He swallowed the bitterness in his chest, acting like nothing had happened.

“Yannis, how about taking a picture together?” Zinnia didn’t know what had crossed his mind, but she could feel the trace of sadness he hadn’t meant to show. Not knowing how to comfort others, she decided to change the subject instead.

“Sure.” Yannis lowered his gaze and met her eyes–eyes that she thought were hiding her concern well, though they clearly gave her away. He smiled.

“Let’s take one by the Christmas tree.” Zinnia had taken a liking to the glittering tree.

“Okay.” Yannis noticed a guy walking past and stepped forward to ask if he could take their photo.

The guy agreed readily. He glanced at the delicate–looking Zinnia standing under the big tree, then at the handsome Yannis, and couldn’t help feeling a little envious.

He mistook them for a couple and suddenly felt sorry for himself being single.

“Do you two want to stand a little closer?” the guy asked as he raised the phone, noticing there was still a small gap between them–about two fists apart.

Judging by how well they seemed to get along, he didn’t understand why they were standing so far apart.

Zinnia looked down at the space between them. It didn’t seem that far. Before she could say anythin stepped closer. Her hand, resting at her side, brushed against the warmth of his.

“Perfect,” the guy said. “And hey, the girl–give us a smile. Your boyfriend’s really handsome. Shouldn’t you be smiling more, walking around with such a good–looking guy?”

He was quite the chatterbox, trying to lighten the mood as he pointed toward Yannis. He thought they made such a striking pair–he’d never seen a couple that looked this good together.

And Yannis hadn’t taken his eyes off Zinnia the entire time. His gaze was impossibly tender, like she was his entire world.

It was noisy all around, and with the distance between them, Zinnia could only vaguely hear the photographer asking her to smile. Then she saw him pointing toward Yannis and nodded to show she understood.

a bright smile. Yannis had just opened his mouth to say something when he was caught off

was quick and caught that moment

came out beautifully. There were plenty of people walking

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striking in appearance–became the clear focus

a bustling world, they only had eyes

guy said after taking a whole series of rapid shots, finally stopping with some reluctance. Yannis

toward them. Yannis stepped forward and took the phone, his eyes pausing on the screen. A genuine smile lit up his

two subjects who already looked great, it was impossible for the

lucky to have such a beautiful girlfriend.” the guy smiled as he handed the phone to Yannis. “Girls like that aren’t easy to find these days. You’d better

pleased by the comment. But he felt the need to clear up

it. Sorry, my bad,” the guy said, face flushing red with embarrassment. “It’s just… the way you two were looking at each other,

looked young, like someone who’d just graduated from college. And Zinnia, after getting her makeup done that afternoon by Maisie and the others, looked mature and stunning. They seemed like they were the same age–it wasn’t surprising the guy had made

glance toward Zinnia, who was waiting patiently behind him. There was a hint of a smile in his eyes. “I just haven’t started

weren’t a couple now–but that didn’t mean they wouldn’t be in

best of luck, man. She’s really gorgeous–you’re probably gonna have a lot of competition,”

exchange took only a few

walking back with a happy smile and couldn’t

Look.”

skills are amazing. I look so good in these,” Zinnia said excitedly. “Send them all to me. And the ones you took earlier

by how good she looked in the pictures that she took Yannis’s phone and

them to herself.

phone. When he realized she was only complimenting herself and not him, he asked with mock

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pictures, Zinnia replied offhandedly, “You are. You’re