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‘I have beento talk to Sophie She was on my course and specialises in portraits, personal coazine work Her studio rent was just doubled and now I’ht join forces and she could cover weddings for ive me a hand But that doesn’t solve today’

No It didn’t

Daisy took one dragging step towards the door and then another Her laptop case, ca How she was going to carry them he had no idea

And she really needed to eat so

‘I’ll come with you and help’

She half turned, the first flicker of a smile on her face ‘You? Do you knohen to use a fifty-led lens?’

‘No, I can barely use the camera on anise groups, make sure you eat’

A flicker of hope passed over her face ‘Don’t you have a s to do here?’

‘Always’ Seb grirant applications, the paperwork that seeer the more he did Not to mention his real work, the research that see deadline for a book still in note form ‘Promise me you’ll chat to Sophie to apprentice for next week and I’ll come and help’

She was tempted, he could see ‘You really don’t mind?’

‘No, not at all On the condition I drive and you try and eat sorant applications could wait, the paperwork could wait He’d be worrying all day if he allowed her to walk out of the door and start a gruelling day on her feet without someone to watch out for her

The sooner she got an assistant or partner, the better

There were times when Seb wondered if all that sassy style and confidence was only skin deep When he thought he saw a flash of vulnerability in the blue eyes But not here Not today

If Daisy still felt sick she was hiding it well She was all quiet control and ease as she snapped: candid shots, posed shots, detailed close-ups Always polite, always professional but in co the nervythe exuberant best h to take a series of carefully choreographed shots

She was everywhere and yet she was totally discreet Focused on the job at hand Seb followed her with bags and the box of ginger biscuits, completely out of place in this world of flowers and silks and tears