Lily Crozier

And that real deep life-altering love that I suppose really, well, it's only existed for me in fiction, but I suppose maybe other people who are married maybe.

Yes.

I think so.

I think that's also, I mean, in romance, like we've touched on it before that we know that there's going to be happily ever after.

And so that,

Yeah, it's that journey.

It's that how we're going to... End up.

Yes, yeah.

And with Raleigh, I just really wanted to convey that these two sides of him were always there.

It's Clara learning about both sides of him.

And when you kind of go and do a reread, he does behave in a way that he was always there.

Some of what she thinks is mocking him is just him being sweet Riley.

Yes, she does, yeah, and she becomes very protective as well and so she kind of meets him halfway as he meets her halfway as well.

Yeah, it's true.

It's true.

And I think that's also part of like what women are kind of, I don't know, feeling and like wanting.

It's the power fantasy on the page.

And I suppose with Clara it's like she –

she never felt like she was where she was supposed to be.

And so part of her hardening up was kind of finding out where, where, where she is most comfortable.