Expecting His Baby

s, all charm, all warmth...and well-honed professional courtesy. 'Scan thes

ers into her hands, hands

ours before. 'And could you bri

e of her, he hadn't even

ways did: stylish, clinical, perfect. Perfec

nd after work like a kid with a crush. She'd waited until the office had emp

'd had to do something, s

d her he

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some plans in front of him and she cou

ant somethi

he had encountered at the party might have been an imposter. To save face she'd told him a lie. 'Sorry to

riefly. 'Nothing. Thank

for you to

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wiftly and compre

Nico had been concerned

e-off he had taken in his stride, and so should she. They had been

ldn't allow her to. She loved him. She always would. And so she'd handed i

aunt needed he

rt-lived affair with Nico

been heartbroken and had

had been no sunshine that summer, or if there had been she hadn't noticed it. All she remembered was the r

en she hadn't been cryin

inity she had thrown away on

d shone and she had sat u

pregnant with Nico's baby. She'd known then she had to wise up and toughen

e, or Mr Comfort-Zone. Ni

anybody's mouse. But she was going to be somebody's mother. And