Cosmopolitan UK – September 2019

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every morning. I though

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  around Christmas time. Backho
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  Niall found a farmers’ marketsel
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  homely and just like old times.S
  back really good memories.

“I didn’t want to

AS TOLD TO EMMA FIRTH, EMILY GULLA. PHOTOGRAPHS ANTONIO PETRONZIO. HAIR AND MAKE-UP CHARLOTTE GASKELL AT LHA REPRESENTS, USING MAC COSMETICS AND AVEDA. DENISA AND NIALL DINED AT BISTROT PIERRE, LEICESTER (BISTROTPIERRE.CO.UK). FIND DENISA ON INSTAGRAM AT INSTAGRAM.COM/DENISA_E AND NIALL AT INSTAGRAM.COM/LILM3NACE

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apherfrom Romania

and

2016

Would you see

him again?

“I thought we’d just be

friends, but now I can see

a relationship happening.

We’re going for drinks

again soon. I think we

want to be together.”