The Time of Our Lives. Portia MacIntosh

way with people. He treats every word uttered to him like it’s important, which makes people feel important, and everything he says in response just oozes with charisma. You know how men have a bad reputation for not really listening? Well, Tom isn’t like that. Tom has a brain like a hard drive, storing every little detail.

      ‘Luca, can I borrow you?’ he says.

      ‘Are we allowed to leave the table?’ Clarky asks, worried.

      ‘It’s not school,’ Tom laughs. ‘We’re not eating our mains for a while, we’re allowed to circulate.’

      ‘I’m not going to chance it,’ Clarky says seriously.

      ‘You’ll take a risk, right, Luca?’

      ‘Course she will,’ Fiona tells Tom.

      ‘Yep,’ I reply reluctantly.

      What could be better than hearing all about my not-quite ex’s perfect life? Literally anything, I’d imagine.