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She should have the ain Make a final decision Stick with it this ti her choices

She didn’t usually Maybe this was a sign that she had got it wrong

Another knock, a little louder this time

‘Yes, I’’ If only she could remember his name!

She was going to have to wing it Polly walked over to the darkly panelled door and opened it, words of apologetic welcome on her lips

Only to falter back as she clocked the tall, dark-haired man on the threshold

‘Gabe? Are you in this oodness I am woefully ill prepared I can’t even reh I will deny it if you quote me on that’

Gabe didn’t say anything and she continued, the words tued to h it is completely beautiful You should see it, it’s like a slice of heaven With macaroons and views’

Okay, she was definitely gabbling

But better gabbling than grabbing hi than flinging her ar her lips to his

But, oh! How she wanted to Especially now

Her eyes took hiood It wasn’t as if he were dressed any differently frorey trousers, white linen shirt open at the neck, hair falling over his forehead, heavy stubble shadowing his sharply cut jaw Standard Gabe

Utterly irresistible

How could she walk away?

She couldn’t She wouldn’t

She would try again, fight harder Both she and the baby needed her to fight Needed Gabe in their lives

She stood aside as he strolled into the room ‘Bonjour, Polly’

She was going to ure out how