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Sergio shrugged ‘So here’s what I’’

He leaned forward, all business now, and Susie looked back at hiuarded eyes

‘You don’t want to ht—I can’t force you Naturally I believe that it is better for a child to have both parents, just as I believe that ours would be a unionthat stands every chance of working We’re physically good together, and you can’t take away the fact that sex plays an intrinsic part in any relationship However, if I cannot persuade you of that simple truth, then so be it’

Having been on the roller-coaster ride of having him propose to her, she was now dazed at the sudden turn the ride had taken—and, if she was being honest, a little taken aback

Soto fall in line hat she had said—that e would be a ridiculous sacrifice, way beyond the bounds of duty Why didn’t she feel happier?

‘I’ from’

‘I see it,’ he mur about’

She focused, even though heron a different plane

‘I intend to find you soh predicting an interruption ‘Still accessible to central London, but with more of a country feel Richmond Yes Somewhere like that would do very nicely Naturally you would want so about what you do—you can work from the comfort of your home No nasty commuter trips into London’

‘You’re going to rent somewhere for me?’

‘Buy,’ he corrected ‘I’ve always thought that renting is the equivalent of throwing money down the drain And,’ he carried on quickly, because he could gli to make an unwelcome appearance, ‘it won’t just be for you It will be for you and our child It won’t be big or spectacular, so you needn’t start trying to put boundaries around ould and wouldn’t be acceptable to you’