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He stared at her for a long ht,’ he finally said, and Harriet let out a huge sigh of relief

When they arrived at the airport, Harriet found a phar-after pill But, as it turned out, the rules in Italy were different from some other parts of the world You couldn’t just buy one over the counter; you had to have a doctor’s prescription to get the pill She was told that the public health clinic in Milan would give her a prescription, but it wouldn’t be open till the following , and there was often a several-hours wait to be seen

Harriet decided fate was telling her soht without said pill

‘But what if you are pregnant?’ Alex asked, face grim

‘I’ll cross that bridge when I conant, then I’ll take care of it’

‘What do you mean by that?’

‘I mean I’ll take care of it,’ she snapped ‘Now, if you don’t mind, I don’t want to talk about it any more’

Chapter Twenty-four

ALEX WENT TO work extra early that Monday , mostly because he’d been awake for hours Sleep had been elusive during the two and a half weeks since his return fro he wasn’t used to It had been especially elusive last night, knowing that Harriet hadto find out if she was pregnant She’d refused to use one of the ho a few days late—clai they weren’t always accurate and she needed to be sure She’d also refused to do other things, like talk to him more than strictly necessary She wouldn’t even have coffee with him

The past teeks at work had been sheer hell

The moment Alex let hi as he wound himself around his ankles