My only struggle at this point in the story is the attraction Ansley has for Nikolai. Nikolai’s I feel is described perfectly. How he can’t help but be distracted of her. That stuff.
If it could be more mentioned throughout that she finds him curious at the beginning, that he draws her eye, and then the realization that she enjoys his company over anyone else’s. Things like that would help.
Right now it just seems that, all of the sudden she loves him. When she didn’t have any precursors of showing interest really.