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Thankfully, he seemed to have more sense than her and she had joked with him on the way to the restaurant that at least one of the well in the reputation stakes out of their pretend union, but the truth was, she didn’t want to have a negative impact on Aidan

The realisation had given her pause because no matter how hard she tried to pretend that he was just another h her life, a part of her knew that wasn’t true

A part of her knew that if they had ettable That he would have been unforgettable Which was a probleettable to those she cared about the most

A splash sounded in the nearby infinity pool and Cara returned her attention to Kate

‘I mean, I love it on you,’ Kate continued, ‘but I don’t think I’d ever be game to do it myself’

‘It was a spur-of-the-s in her life, she mused, completely unplanned

‘Sometimes they’re the best decisions And—’ Kate leaned her elbows on the linen tablecloth ‘—speaking of spur-of-the- to kno you and Aidan met’

Cara felt herto say ‘I …’ Foolishly she hadn’t expected anyone to ask her this kind of question on the island and she was completely unprepared

‘Oh, I’ve erimaced ‘Please don’t mind my brashness I’’

Frohter earlier she very e? Her own mother had obviously found motherhood a trial

‘You don’t like being a mother?’

Kate looked startled ‘No Ii a mother No, I’m just so curious I’ve never seen Aidan so off-stride and I think you and I are going to be firm friends in the future’ She lowered her voice ‘Did you really ame?’ She shivered ‘I know the papers played it up as sordid, but secretly I found the whole thing terribly romantic’