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CHAPTER FOUR
‘I’M SO SORRY’ Daisy hadn’t said much as they drove the sixty htened once Seb turned the Land Rover down the track that led to the castle ‘I should have planned the visit—gone on my own, maybe I know you don’t want any fuss’
Seb slid a gaze her way She was pale, the red lipstick bitten away ‘We could just say no’ We It felt odd saying the word, like putting on somebody else’s sock
‘We could’ Daisy sluhed ‘But then they’d know so plans once or twice’
He’d bet she had, he already knew far tooDetails iri Day ‘Tell theht Cold sweats, clammy hands and hives Or that s’
She didn’t respond and at her silence an unwelco presue by tra over his prospective wife’s wishes Great start ‘Unless you want this?’
‘I thought I did’ Her voice istful ‘But that was before’
A stab of souilt pierced hiht this out His carelessness had thrust it upon her—the least he could do was allow her to have her way on this one sht of all that attention didwheel
Seb inhaled To make this work meant compromise on both sides He needed to start soarden party—the whole shebang if it means that much to you’
‘Really?’ Her face brightened for one second and then it was gone, as if the spark had never been ‘No, thank you for offering, I do really appreciate it but it’s fine That wedding was a dream, a romance It would feel—’ she hesitated ‘—evenwith my silly dreams Here will be much more appropriate But would you mind, if we did accommodate Mum a little and allow her to help? I’ll keep it under control, I promise’
‘Of course This is your wedding and your home’ The words slid out easily even as his chest constricted Hoould this pae in a place as unwieldy and stately as Hawksley? But what choice did he have? Did either of them have? They had made their bed
He braked as he slid the car into the parking space and turned to face her ‘Look, Daisy, I really think this can work If we’re honest with each other, if we keep co’
She was staring down at her hands, her lashes dark as they shadowed her eyes ‘You don’t think we are rushing into it?’
Seb couldn’t help the corner of hisup ‘Not at all I believe several ofday We’ll have had at least twoamount of time’
There was no responsive s until after we’ve had a scan and know more It’s still such early days I haven’t even been to the doctor’s yet If wethere’s still a chance soe neither of us ith no baby! What would we do then?’
She made sense, every word ed the truth of it, welco in him recoiled
‘There are no certainties anywhere If it goes wrong then we roup Daisy’ He reached over and took one of her hands; it lay unresisting in his, the long slender fingers cold ‘I can’t see into the future and, yes, in soht We can wait, for the scan, wait till sixteen weeks or even thirty weeks Or we can take a leap of faith That’s what er leap’
He thought about it for a moment ‘Or a shorter one Our eyes are open after all’
She looked straight at hi to an early nant, so they don’t try and talk e is to me, how important love is What about you? Why don’t you want to wait?’