Looking for Narnia? You’re in the wrong universe

You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.

Kingsley did the same, except he also removed his T-shirt, showing off his broad chest, tan and smooth. When had Kingsley had time to work on his tan? Mimi wondered.

The more things change, the more they stay different.

It didn't help that she was painfully shy and kept to herself, because then they just thought she was stuck-up, which she wasn't. She was just quiet.

Not that they were there to have fun—although with Kingsley Martin around, fun was never far from the agenda.

Instead of fearing the future, I should live and enjoy the present, she told herself.