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Not my favourite chapter but hopefully you enjoy it.

"Florian," Josie whispered as she lay on her side, staring up at him as he lay on his own side and watched her in amazement, while their smiles grew. Leaning across, Josie gently brushed her fingers across his cheek before she kissed him gently and smiled against his lips. "I was thinking that you could move your things into my room," she suggested against his lips as amazement covered his face at the idea. "I don't want us to hide anymore, especially in our own home," Josie explained before they both laughed in amazement, his arms wrapping tightly around her as he pulled her close to him. "I have wasted so much time, I have hurt you and been stupid and I don't want to lose you. I want us to be happy and I am happiest when I am with you, in bed. I like being alone with you and able to discuss anything, I love being able to laugh and be close to you."

"George will know about us, if I suddenly move all my belongings into your room," he declared as she nodded.

"I'm not hiding you away anymore Florian. I'm not going to hide you and let people believe that I am ashamed to be in love with you. I'm not going to behave like we are doing something wrong by being in love," she insisted before she kissed him gently, laughing again when he nodded in response. "So you will Florian?" she asked as he continued to nod, joining her in laughing before they suddenly fell silent and stared at each other in amazement. "I have made so many mistakes recently but I know that this is what I truly want," she declared. "This is what I have always wanted, I have just been too scared to allow myself to fully commit to our relationship, to you," she admitted as he pressed a kiss into her hair, glad that she was finally being honest about what had happened over the last few days, and over their whole relationship.

"Why don't I move my belongings into your room while you are at work?" he suggested as she nodded, brushing her fingers through his hair again. "Then tonight, we can spend the evening in our bed Josie," he whispered as she smiled against his lips and nodded, finding his hand before their laced their fingers together.

"Our bed," she repeated, unable to remove the smile from her face before she sat up. "I think we should go and join everyone for breakfast," she suggested as he nodded, sitting up behind her before pressing a kiss to her bare shoulder. "Will you do me a favour dear?" she asked quietly as he nodded as she turned her head to face him. "Get me the clothes off my bed," she whispered, watching as he climbed off the bed and pulled on some clothes before walking towards the door, turning to face her again as she continued to smile before he disappeared out of the bedroom. Laughing to herself, Josie quickly fell back against the pillows before smiling at the ceiling. She had never felt this happy before in her life. Hearing the door open, Josie looked across to see Florian watching her with her clothes in his hands.

"Everyone is already downstairs," he commented as he passed her her clothes, Josie smiling as she pulled the white nightdress over her body before she climbed out of the bed and pulled her dressing gown on, tightening it around her figure while he stared at her. "Good morning Josie," he whispered, leaning down to kiss her gently as her smile grew against his lips.

"Good morning Florian," she replied before she moved towards the door, walking out of his bedroom as Florian followed in silence, the couple moving down the stairs before they entered the dining room to see Agnes and George already sat at the table. "Good morning Agnes, George," Josie greeted as they nodded in response, smiling as Florian and Josie sat down in silence beside each other, their hands finding each other under the table before resting on his thigh, her smile growing at the touch as she glanced across at him, aware that Agnes was watching them with the biggest grin on her face. "How are you this morning?" Josie asked as she glanced across at the brother and sister who were watching her.

"Very good, thank you Josie," Agnes smiled as George nodded in agreement. "And how you both this morning?" she asked quickly, looking at Josie and then at Florian, both of them beaming at each other.

"I am good, thank you Agnes," Florian smiled as he squeezed Josie's hand while Josie watched him with the largest smile on her face. "

"I'm wonderful," Josie replied quickly as Agnes watched the couple, taking in how happy they looked again. They had clearly dealt with all their issues and now they seemed the happiest they'd ever been. "Really wonderful," she admitted quietly, unable to stop herself from smiling. Eating their breakfast in silence, Josie and Florian occasionally smiled at each other throughout their meal while the Towler's watched them, taking in everything the couple opposite was doing.

"I should get ready for work," Agnes commented before standing up and excusing herself.

"And I should get ready, I am meeting some friends in a couple of hours," George declared, smiling at the couple before he walked out of the room, the door shutting moments later before Josie laughed and leant across to kiss Florian again.

"I think we scared them off darling," Josie commented as he shook his head, kissing her once more before he brushed her hair away from her face. "Tonight I want to tell you everything," she whispered as he nodded, his hand resting against her cheek as she continued to stare at him. "I don't want there to be anymore secrets between us Florian and I want you to understand why I behaved like I did."

"Josie," he whispered. "You don't have to tell me anything, you don't want me to know. It is your business, it is only mine if you want it to be."

"I want you to know Florian, I want to be honest with you," she whispered before standing up and resting her hand on his shoulder. "I have to get ready for work my love," she explained as he nodded, the older woman pressing a kiss into his hair before she walked out of the room, large smiles covering both their faces.

XOXOXOXOXOXO

"Agnes can I ask you a favour?" Josie asked as they stood in the empty room, the younger woman nodding as Josie remained silent for a moment. "Do you think you could take George out tonight? For dinner maybe?" she questioned as Agnes remained silent for a moment, knowing that the other woman hadn't finished talking yet. "I wish to have the house tonight, just Florian and I, just for a little while," she explained as Agnes smirked.

"Oh yes," Agnes commented as Josie nodded, unable to miss the small smirk that was covering the younger woman's face at her request.

"You see, Florian is moving his belongings into my room today," Josie admitted as Agnes' smile grew at what she had just learnt. "And I want to celebrate the occasion. I'm not trying to hide our relationship but one night alone would be nice, just so we can talk about everything that's happened recently without worrying about disturbing you or George," she explained, her voice almost nervous as Agnes continued to smile.

"Sounds like a wonderful idea Josie. You deserve some time without us in the house," she declared as Josie beamed, thanking her quickly as they both moved towards the door. "Why don't I take Florian out for a little while as well? Allow you to make it a surprise for him," Agnes suggested.

"Agnes Towler, you are a truly wonderful person," Josie smiled before they both walked out of the room, returning to their work with smiles covering their faces.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

"Josie," Florian called out as he stepped into the house, removing his jacket as he continued to smile. Agnes had invited him to join her and George for a walk when she had returned home from work and he had returned to the house while the siblings had gone out for dinner. "Josie darling," he said again, trying to work out where in the house she actually was.

"I'm In the dining room," her voice replied as he smiled and walked into the room to see candles lit and dinner already on the table while Josie finished pouring a glass of wine, a large smile covering her face as she glanced across at him. "Surprise," Josie laughed as he took in how beautiful she looked. She was wearing a dress that he had not seen before, one that was clearly reasonably new and she looked stunning. She had also un-pinned her hair, something that she only did when she was going to bed, and she had the largest smile covering her face while she moved towards him. "Hello darling," Josie whispered, kissing him quickly as he smiled against her lips.

"What's all this Josie?" he asked quietly, his arms wrapping around her body as he looked at the table.

"I wanted to surprise you Florian," she admitted as he stared at her for a moment, amazed at what she was doing. "Seeing that you have now moved into my bedroom, I wanted to celebrate the occasion," she whispered, kissing him again before she moved to sit down. Sitting down as well, Florian smiled as Josie held onto her wine glass and held it towards him. "To us," she toasted as he nodded, tapping his own glass against hers before they both laughed.

"To us," he repeated before taking a sip of the red wine. Beginning to eat his meal, Florian stared at her for a moment as she continued to watch him in amazement. "Josie," he said quietly as she reached across and took hold of her hand. "Tell me what you want to tell me," he declared, a nervous smile covering her face as she glanced down at their joined hands.

"You know that I was in a relationship with Mr Grove," Josie began as he nodded, remembering her shocked expression when he had told her that. "I was in a relationship with him for twelve years Florian and it was the first real relationship I'd ever been in," she explained quickly as he nodded slowly, taking a sip of the wine as she remained silent for a moment. "It wasn't really a relationship when I think about it," she stated quickly, knowing that it was not really the love that those twelve years had been based on. She had made a mistake in trusting Roger and he had wanted company. "We met at the shop we were both working at. I felt sorry for him because his wife was ill and he seemed so lonely and I didn't really know many people at the shop, I was reasonably new at the time," she admitted as Florian squeezed her hand, trying to comfort her. "For twelve years, he would visit me once a week on a Tuesday evening while telling his wife he was at his club," she explained, glancing down at her lap ashamed while Florian remained silent. "Please don't hate me for what I did."

"Hate you?" Florian asked as she stared at him. "Why would I hate you?"

"Because I slept with a married man for twelve years while his wife was dying," she stated as he smiled, his free hand resting on her cheek before she kissed him. "I really did believe that he loved me and he used to tell me that once his wife died, it sounds so horrible now when I think about it, he would marry me," she explained as he continued to listen. "When his wife actually died, he suddenly became very distant, I thought it was just grief but it became clear that he wasn't going to marry me, especially when he started to spend more time with Doris."

"Josie," he whispered as she shook her head.

"He married Doris in the end, she used to work in accessories. She is a sweet girl, who wanted nothing more to have a family, and in the end that was the one thing I couldn't give him. For twelve years, I wanted nothing more than to have a family with him but by the time he wanted it, he couldn't have one with me," she explained before he brushed his fingers across her cheek again. "He didn't even tell me himself, I found out when Doris was showing Kitty her engagement ring. Kitty told me, I thought it was a joke."

"Josie darling, come here," he whispered as she stared at him in confusion before standing and moving to sit on his lap, her head resting on his shoulder while he held her close. "Please stop worrying about whether I am judging you because I'm not," he muttered into her hair as she remained perfectly still. "Your relationship with him is in the past and that is your business Josie. It may affect our relationship at times, it might make you doubt us for moments but I promise that I love you and I only want to be with you. I have no one else I want to be with and as I told Mr Grove, I would rather spend the rest of my life with the woman I love and have no children, then have a family with a woman I only liked and make everyone miserable because I made the wrong choice," he declared as she smiled, kissing him quickly before she brushed her fingers across his cheek. "He was an idiot for treating you the way he did and for letting you go but I'm glad he did Josie," he stated.

"Florian?" she asked quietly.

"Because if he hadn't let you go Josie, this would never have happened and I can't imagine my life without you," he smiled before kissing her again. "And nothing will ever make me regret this relationship."

"You are the best thing to happen to me Florian," she said quietly before she glanced down at their barely touched meals. "I guess my plans for dinner didn't really work out, at least the wine is good," she commented as he laughed, holding her close to him before they relaxed. Reaching across for her wine glass as Florian did the same, Josie glanced up at him before pressing her wine glass to his. "To our future, my love."

"To you Josie Mardle," he smiled as she began to blush. "And to our future, wherever it may take us."

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