Sublime

All the same . . . in the deepest, most private corner of his neglected heart, there was one wish Simon couldn’t seem to extinguish. He shot a covert glance across the ballroom, experiencing as always the peculiar sharp pang that the sight of Annabelle Peyton produced.

kitsch,

ameliorated.

palimpsest

theme of the soul mate — that there is someone out there who is destined for you, and that the Universe will guide you to that person.