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The next week zoos to Theo’s house—or, rather, she directed and heHe also insisted on driving her down to Suffolk on the Sunday afternoon to meet her family, and to her relief they adored him

And living with Theo was even better than she could have drea protected and safe Admittedly, he still hadn’t actually said he loved her, but he showed her in sobland foods for her so she could eat without feeling queasy, rubbing her back in exactly the right place even before she’d ads And ords after all? Harry had said he loved her, but he hadn’t Theo was definitely a man whose actions spoke louder than his words She trusted hi he’d say he loved her Stop being so needy

Madison went to her booking-in appointment with the midwife on her own, but when her first blood tests came back, Theo looked at the results and frowned ‘You’re rhesus negative’

‘Uh-huh’

‘I’m not’

She looked at him ‘How do you know?’

‘I’m a blood donor’

She shrugged ‘Well, it doesn’t roup, and I haven’t had a previous roup is rhesus positive there’s no reason why I’d be sensitised to rhesus positive blood No antibodies showed up on the screening, did they?’ She slobulin—which I’ll have after the birth, and it’ll ht have crossed into me, so there shouldn’t be a problem in the future’

‘And you’ll have ht and thirty-six weeks to make sure all’s well—and you’ll probably have anti-D in the last three weeks just to cover any of the little “silent” bleeds that happen in late pregnancy’ He gri’

She took his hand ‘Theo, was your ative?’

‘No So don’t start worrying on that score’ He sh for both of us there, OK?’

No, it wasn’t OK Because every ti up the subject of histo be perfectly fine, he distracted her Threw up a brick wall She kneas trying to protect her from his fears, but it drove her crazy

She still hadn’tof August when she went for the dating scan, though this time he came to the antenatal appointment with her And she noticed that Theo blinked back tears when he saw the irapher’s screen

‘Considering how many times you’ve seen one of these over the years, Mr Petrakis,’ she teased, ‘you should be used to them by now’

He held her hand tightly ‘I know But it’s the first time I’ve seen my baby’ He stared at the screen ‘It’s incredible’