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On her way to the sitting rooan stopped in her tracks and turned to face him

‘What do you mean?’

‘You knohat I nant, aren’t you?’

After the ensuing silence, during which Megan tried to gather her scattered wits and not burst into laughter at his wild, inaccurate deduction, Alessandro continued calmly

‘I don’t kno it’s happened, but it has, and now you’re trying to work out how to break the news’

‘Oh, right Is that what I’an’s voice was cool and level He iht, would have been one cohtily relieved that she didn’t have to deal with it

Alessandro was a little unsettled by that response Not a flicker of eht out and confess,’ he advised ‘You can’t skirt round a pregnancy’

‘And hoill you react?’ Megan tried to tear herself away from a pointless conversation about a non-existent situation But it was te to try and find out what he nant lover

Part of her knew that she was just shoring up that little twig of hope, building herself a little fantasy that ht suddenly be overwhelmed by need and love and race to her side in a supportive way He wouldn’t

‘It doesn’t nant, so you can stop worrying’