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"Liar"

"Okay, we probably would Soh Your lusty romance with Marco is our only form of entertainht?"

At the re hi," I felt my mood sink "He disappears every other weekend He says it’s a faht"

"Withholding information" Jo raised an eyebrow "How do you feel about that?"

"What can I do?" I s, remember"

Jo’s expression turned syht"

Thankfully, the sound of the front door opening broke into the suddenly gloo louder as he strode toward the sitting roo a white plastic bag "Hannah, how are you, sweetheart?"

"I’ood" I sood"

It took everything inJo wasn’t the only one anted this baby to coet

In answer Cam pulled out a packet of pickled onion crisps and a multi-pack of Kit Kat biscuits Jo frowned at the biscuits "They’re ordinary two-finger Kit Kats"

"Aye?" Ca-size Kit Kats" She pouted at hier Kit Kats They taste better"

His answering set them It’s only an hour’s walk to the supermarket and back"

"You don’t need to be snippy," she snapped

Ca to draw patience fro at , I did as asked "Caive or take a month she’ll be back"

With renewed determination Cameron nodded and stalked out of the flat

I shot Jo a look of chastise irrational to Cam"

"Eh… no I told hi-size Kit Kats, not the ordinary kind It’s not my fault he didn’t listen"

For Cam’s sake, I shuffled over to Jo and placed my hands on her bump "Cool it in there, Pipsqueak, before your nancy with only a king-size Kit Kat for coht and surprise, that Sunday afternoon Marco turned up at my door He offered no explanation other than there had been a change of plans It thrilled e of plans, even if it bothered inal plans had been

It thrilled me even more when he absconded with me down onto Princes Street to the Ger with the sround and the ice rink We ate iced pastries, drank coffee, and held hands as we shuffled through the crowds As alking through the gardens, the light fading, the Christ all around, I smiled down at the ice rink in the distance

"That looks fun"

Marco pulled hter into his side "That looks cold"

"I used to ice-skate in the gardens every Christer I don’t knohy I stopped"

"Because it’s cold"

"It’s worth it" I grinned up into his face "We should do it"

"There’s no way I’ my feet on ice"

"You won’t You’ll put skates on ice"

"There’s no way I’everyone who had to walk around us to continue down the pathway "Please," I pleaded

He stared atthis was one occasion where being adorable wouldn’t work for ed it up Instead, I raised an eyebrow at hiy? Really?"

I huffed, laughing half in aainst his chest "Come on I want to skate with you We’ll be like a perfect, ro"

Fifteen minutes later…

"Hannah, I don’t think you should do that," Marco warned, crossing his arms over his chest as I showed off

For so as he was and who hadn’t skated reat balance He hadn’t fallen on his arse once, although he’d stuck to the outer edges of the rink in hopes that I’d let hi came back to me, how quickly lided around the rink a couple of ti Marco

I wanted to show hi ina ball