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He had been beyond careful every single time they had made love except for that very first time, when he had moved inside her and then withdrawn alh, because he had left behind enough of hi away inside her now

He was going to go mad

He was going to run faster than a speeding bullet

Oh, yes, he would do the decent thing by her financially, but he didn’t do long-term relationships

She was facing a sea change and there would be no one by her side Her parents were going to be disappointed Herso back hoh they spent most of their tih they would be around for babysitting duties She and Alex had had nannies frorandchild would suddenly convert her parents into the sort of people ould enjoy pushing a pra the ducks

And Alex would be disappointed as well How could you have been so careless? Contraception is free, Susie! So that this sort of thing can be prevented! She could al in her ears

Disappointment all round

A wave of self-pity washed over her Just when she was beginning to build up a steady base with her freelance work, just when she was on the verge of getting a commission from one of the museums to illustrate the natural history section for a book to be brought out the following year

Her cell phone buzzed and she glanced at Sergio’s nu He had called her at least twice a day since he had been in New York

‘Hi’

She couldn’t resist hearing the deep drawl of his sexy voice Even froed to do weird and wonderful things to her tummy

But she knew that she sounded flat, and she decided that she didn’t care because soon there would be no more of him anyway