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‘If she can twist you round her little finger at this stage, heaven help you when she’s a teenager All she’ll have to do is bat her eyes at you and say, “I love you, Daddy,” and you’ll be putty in her hands,’ Madison said, laughing

‘I will not I’ll be a stern Greek father’

‘Sure you will’ Madison chuckled ‘You’ll probably terrify her boyfriends But you’ll be a complete pushover where our baby’s concerned And don’t deny it—Sophie’s told me what kind of uncle you are’

His eyes widened ‘You talk to Sophie?’

‘She e to come over when I’m on maternity leave and teach me to cook’

‘You, learn to cook? Now, this,’ he said with a grin, ‘I have to see’

‘You just wait,’ she said pri

Over dinner, Madison said thoughtfully, ‘They say things come in threes—I wonder what the third one will be?’

‘Baby, job…How about getting ested Madison had so far refused to set a date for the wedding and it was driving him crackers

‘Not until the baby’s here,’ she said firmly

He knew better than to start a pointless battle ‘OK How about a new house to go with the new job and the new baby?’

She blinked ‘House?’

‘I’m settled in London now, and if you want to stay here too then it makes sense for us to buy a place rather than rent And this place isn’t really going to be big enough for a growing family’

‘Well, I’ve got sos,’ she said

‘No need My fa chunk of ot his yet, but he will do I spent mine on a house I sold it last year, and h for a substantial deposit So let’s go house-hunting’