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‘Bottling things up isn’t good for you, Theo’ She tightened the pressure on his arm momentarily ‘So if you need a friend—if you want to talk at any time—then you knohere I am’

‘Thank you But I don’t like dragging up the past’

She smiled wryly ‘I knohat you mean I don’t tend to talk about Harry either’

‘Harry?’

‘My ex-husband I thought anted the sas out of life, but it turned out he didn’t And he didn’t want to be the one to tell me Unfortunately, I found out the difficult way’ That Harry h she’d agreed to wait, clearly he’d felt the pressure In an atte Madison the baby she’d wanted, he’d turned to someone else And Madison had been the very last to know

It was Theo’s turn to rest his hand briefly on her arm ‘I’m sorry’

‘So a, “Marry in haste, repent at leisure”?’

He nodded

‘It’s very, very true’ She shrugged ‘So Yes, I want to settle down But not until I ht one for me I couldn’t bear another divorce’

His dark eyes were very, very intense And the silence stretched until he said softly, ‘So what are we going to do about this?’

‘Be sensible, I suppose Ignore the chemistry’

He smiled wryly ‘Easier said than done I’ve spent the last week and a half thinking about you Since the moment I danced with you’

‘I’ve never danced with anyone before whoon air,’ she admitted

He laughed ‘I’m Greek It’s e do—dance’