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“Looking for a pregnant woman and a donkey”

“That’s not funny,” his father said

“Neither is you turning up on Caroline’s doorstep”

“I need a place to stay The pub is full, and all the B&Bs—the whole three of thele your farce of a wedding”

Josh folded his arht thing to say to get us to take you in”

“Helen threw ht or two”

“Don’t ask me” Josh cocked a thumb at Caroline “Ask Caroline It’s her house”

Brilliant Now he’d offloaded it on her She bugged her eyes out at him in reproach Then she looked back to his father He was still as unflinching and cantankerous as he’d been when she’d first met him Only this ti

“Of course Josh’s father is welcome to stay” She hop

ed she sounded convinced, because she definitely didn’t feel it

Josh sighed beside her When she looked up at him, his lips thinned and his eyebroent up She raised her palust

Enough of this Caroline pushed past the two of the men, who barely fit in her home, followed her into the kitchen

“Got any beer?” His father du on the floor

“Uh, no,” Caroline told him

The man’s expression made it clear that he considered her lack of beer to be another failure on her part