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Seb froze, his eyes fixed on her

The blood was pounding hard in her ears, like a river in full flood What had she said that for? Not eventoo much ‘Which is silly because you’re not,’ she back-pedalled, desperately wanting to nancy horatherer to shack up in soaze, h it felt unnatural

‘I have no intention of shacking up in anyone’s cave’ She winced at the horror in his voice and his face softened ‘I promised you, Daisy, I promised you that if you married me I would be in this co for the inevitable caveat ‘As much as I can be’ There it was Known, expected Yet it still hurt

And she didn’t want to dwell on why Maybe she was beginning to believe their fantasy a little too much, fool that she was

‘But there will be nobody else, you have no reason to worry on that score’

‘Thank you’ She exhaled, a low painful breath ‘It’s just difficult, the difference between the public and the private I know I asked you to pretend but I admit I didn’t realise it would be so hard’

‘Why?’ He hadn’t moved

‘Why what?’

‘Why are we pretending? Why don’t you want to be honest?’

Her eyes flickered back to Monty and she focused on the fuzzy top of his head, drawing each ear lovingly through her hands, trying to think of a way to explain that wouldn’t make her sound too pathetic ‘It’s a bit of a fa in and out of love, that I’irl I knew that I wanted to get married, to have children But I wanteddown I wanted what Mum and Dad have’

‘They’re one in a million, Daisy’ Ouch, there it was Pity