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‘I did consider telling theay,’ she teased

The concern in his eyes vanished, replaced with laughter ‘And you think people would believe that?’

‘Look at the facts You’re easy on the eye—and don’t you dare give me any false modesty here, Theo Petrakis, you know you are—you’re thirty-five years old and you’re single Which means either you have a major personality defect—and anyone who spends two minutes with you will know that that’s not the case—or you’re not interested in women’ She spread her hands ‘But if I start that ruayrill me about you’

He rolled his eyes ‘I suppose at least they wouldn’t want to marry me’

‘Don’t bet on it’ She gave him a wicked smile ‘You can have a civil partnership nowadays, you know’

He groaned ‘Madison Gregory, you’ve got an answer for everything’

‘Nearly’

‘Civil partnership’ He shook his head ‘You are going to have to make that up to me later, matia mou’

‘Yeah, yeah’ She waved a dismissive hand

‘Good coffee Seriously good coffee And one of these brownies you were raving about And…’

It was probably her iination, she told herself, but all the same the look in his eyes made her heart miss a couple of beats She shook herself ‘Yeah, yeah Make a list’ She smiled ‘See you at lunch’

In the end, Theo didn’t make lunch He was called in to try external cephalic version to turn a breech baby round for a vaginal delivery, and Madison ended up talking to Sanjay and Nita about different foetal presentations in labour and how to avoid intervention asthe afternoon, but later that evening Theo called her ‘Are you busy on Saturday?’

‘I’m on an early shift’

‘But you’re free when you’ve finished?’

Say no, the sensible side of her urged But her‘Yes’

‘You knoere talking about all the places you hadn’t explored in London? I wondered if you’d like to come with me to the Natural History Museum to see the dinosaurs’