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But it was still a substantially larger affair than Seb wanted Daisy allowed the piece of paper to float down onto the desk as if the thought of striking out the hten

Seb hadover her shoulder to deftly catch the paper mid-fall ‘The problem is I don’t actually have any immediate family’

Daisy auto to smooth over the chasood were platitudes? But understanding shivered over her No wonder this e was important to him The baby was more than a potential heir; it would be all that he had Responsibility crushed down on her She had been so naïve, so happy at the thought of having a person in her life who needed her, depended on her But the baby wasn’t just hers It was theirs

‘There are school friends’ He was scribbling away on the back of the list, his handwriting sure and firues, staff and volunteers here and villagers I have known allthe plus ones but, if you agree, I propose a hog roast in aand invite the whole village Noblesse oblige I know but it’s a tied village and expected’

‘Do you have a oodness her mother was on the ball because Daisy couldn’t have spoken if her life had depended on it He didn’t want this, she knew that People, publicity, fuss, photos and the inevitable press The only answer, the only possible reason was that he was doing this for her

She slipped her hand into his without thought or plan and his fingers curled around hers

Maybe, just maybe this could work after all

‘Weddings here are all run and catered for by The Blue Boar, that’s the village pub, and yes, they have several htly, that devastating half-lift of his ive you all the details you need’

‘That is wonderful’ Her etting on with Rose will be doing the rings of course and Violet the flowers You knohat, Daisy, I think so off’

‘We’re going all the way into London?’

When she had left the day before Daisy had felt, fully aware of her own innertaken away froh she knew full well that she would be returning for a studio shoot later that week But it still felt slightly anticli just over twenty-four hours later