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Not that they had been thinking clearly at all Obviously It was easy to bla alone in the fairy-tale landscape, the chane That he had come to her rescue But it still didn’t add up It had been the most incredible, the ht of Daisy’s life

Athe stubbled jawline; his eyes were still hard, unreadable ‘How do you know it’s mine?’

She had been prepared for this question, it was totally reasonable for him to ask and yet a sharp stab of disappointment hit her ‘It has to be yours’ She lifted her chin and eyed him defiantly ‘There is no one else, there hasn’t been, not for a long ti-term relationships and I split up froo’ She needed to ht, it wasn’t usual It wasn’t how I normally behave’

‘Right’

‘You can check, have a test Only not until after it’s born It’s safer that way’

His eyes locked onto hers ‘You’re keeping it, then?’

Another reasonable question and yet one she hadn’t even thought to ask herself ‘Yes Look, Seb, you don’t have to decide anything right now I’ht you should know but’

‘Hold on’ He stood up with a lithe grace, hand held out to cut her off ‘I need to think Don’t go anywhere, can you pro, I just, I just need some air Come on, Monty’

‘Wait!’ It was too late, he had whirled out of the door, the spaniel close to his heels Daisy had half got up but sank back down into the deep-backed chair as the heavy oak door closed with a thud

‘That went better than I expected,’ she murmured She was still here and, okay, he hadn’t fallen to his knees and pledged to love the baby for ever but neither had she been turned out barefoot onto his doorstep

And wasn’t his reactiondisbelief? Maybe that should have been hers as well Daisy slid her hand over herat the flat tautness, no visible clue that anything had changed And yet she hadn’t been shocked or upset or considered for even a nanosecond that she wouldn’t have the baby