Hermione knew he and Katie would still see each other when he did return to England occasionally. But it would always end in the same way. They would spend a few weeks together, and Ron would say how happy he was with Katie (not to mention the sex, which was something he wasn’t afraid to talk about any more, quite the opposite in fact), and how much he missed her in Romania. But things always ended the same way. Ron would start to pull away and return to Romania and his brother and Katie would drown her sorrows in wine with Hermione and a few other friends before life returned to something close to normal again. Hermione could only hope every year, that they would see reason and Ron would choose to stay in England with Katie and the rest of his family.