Cosmopolitan UK - 09.2019

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I wanted to be with Nia

I’d just started universit

working in the campus

every morning. I though

great eyes. After some digging, I a

messaged me saying, “Do we kno

“No, but we’re about to!” Our rela

• I made him wait for a bit – but
  As a couple, we were quite adve
  random hotels to stay in and visi
  Amsterdam, together. One of my
  around Christmas time. Back ho
  had natural Christmas trees, but
  same in the UK so, after I moved
  Niall found a farmers’ market sel
  us there to pick one up. It remin
  I think our immaturity broke u
  still kids; he was 19 and I was 21
  trust issues in my case and we’d a
  stupid things, like “Where are yo
  going with?” It was too much. N
  eventually made the decision to
  give up on him because I knew w
  time, I was angry, but now I know
  Seeing him again on the date, I
  up a lot since then – and so have
  bottling things up and having ex
  So for that evening we just decid
  be a lot more patient with each o
  carried things on and went for d
  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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Niall in 2

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ht he had a lovely smile and

added him on Snapchat. He

ow each other?” I replied,

ationship started offslowly

t then we were on fire.

enturous. We loved finding

iting different places, like

y happiest memories was

me in Romania, I always

they didn’t smell the

d, I bought fake ones.

llingreal ones, and drove

ded me of home.

us up in the end. We were

. There were definitely
argue everyday, about
u going? Who are you
iall was the one who
end it. I didn’t want to
we were fixable. At the
w it was for the best.
I noticed that he’s grown
I. In the past we kept
xplosive arguments.
ded to talk calmly and
other. After dinner, we
rinks. It felt comfortable,
Seeing Niall again brought

o give up on him”

apher from 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.”