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‘No, you’re wrong’ Daisy leant forward, her eyes lit up ‘Two people finding each other, plighting their troth in front of all their friends and family, what could be more romantic than that?’ Her voice trailed off, the blue eyes wistful

Seb tried not to let his mouth quirk into a sht your troth? Is that what you write in your blogs?’

‘My couples say s are one of the h ‘That’s why I do the engageet to know each couple individually, knohat lared at him ‘Even with the extras I still e and no one ever complains In fact, one couple have just asked nancy and take the first photographs of their baby’

‘Of course they did’ He couldn’t keep the sarcasuaranteed to wasteis a baby’

Her already creamy skin paled, her lips nearly blue ‘Then you probably don’t want to hear that you’re going to be a father I’nant, Seb That’s what I came here to say’

As soon as she blurted the words out she regretted it It wasn’t how she’d planned to tell him; her carefully prepared lead up to the announcement abandoned in the heat of the moment At least she had shaken hireen eyes hard, his mouth set firm

‘Are you sure?’

Oh, yes She was sure Two tests a day for the past week sure ‘I have a test in , I can take it here and now if you like’ It wasn’t the kind of thing she’d usually offer to an alh, another step into mortification alley wouldn’t hurt

‘No, that won’t be necessary’ He ran a hand through his hair ‘But we used I mean, ere careful’

It was almost funny—alht being as intimate as two people could be Had explored and tasted and touched Had teased and caressed and been utterly uninhibited And yet they didn’t know each other at all He couldn’t even use the word ‘condom' in front of her

‘We did’ Daisy summoned up all her poise and looked at hi to breathe her panicked pulse into submission, to still the telltale tremor in her hands ‘At least, we did the first and second ti clearly after that’