Their Meant-to-Be Baby by Caroline Anderson

Author:Caroline Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2017-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

THE PUB HADN’T started serving lunch when they got there, so they sat outside in the unseasonably lovely sunshine, sipping fizzy water with ice and lemon and watching the world go by.

There were children crabbing off the little jetty by the ferry, an elderly couple sharing a pot of mussels from the hut, the odd car coming or going from the boatyard, but it was still early in the season so for the most part they were on their own.

Kate turned her face up to the sun, listened to the keening of the gulls and felt the tension inside her ease a little.

‘It’s so peaceful here. My flat’s right in the thick of it—I can hear the ambulance sirens going, the drone of traffic, the dogs over the road barking constantly, people yelling to each other and laughing when they come out of the pubs—sometimes it’s hard to get to sleep it’s so noisy. And it doesn’t help that it’s just single glazed, with that thin old Victorian glass and rattling sash windows that let in every bit of passing breeze.’

He laughed, his eyes crinkling with wry amusement. ‘You’re really selling it to me,’ he said drily. ‘Considering I was going to suggest that I move in with you, you might need to do a better job.’

She stared at him, slightly taken aback by that coming out of nowhere. ‘You want to move in?’

His brows pleated. ‘Well—yes. If we’re going to do this together, don’t you think we should start as we mean to go on? It’s not as if we need to take it slow in case it doesn’t work. We have to make it work. We have to build trust, and learn to compromise and accommodate each other’s needs. And no, it probably won’t be easy, but it’s going to have to happen if we want to make this work, and it’s better we do it before the baby comes.’

She could feel her heart racing, fluttering against her ribs like a caged bird. ‘Oh. I thought we’d do that after I have the baby.’

‘Why wait? Since it’s going to happen, why not just get on with it?’

Because she wasn’t ready? Because she wasn’t sure she could keep her emotional distance from him and preserve what was left of her sanity if he was there all the time, day and night, by her side?

‘I’m not sleeping with you,’ she said bluntly. ‘Not until I’m sure it’s working.’

He let out a soft huff of laughter. ‘That again? And I haven’t asked you to, Kate, but it’s up to you. It’s not exactly unprecedented, it’s how we ended up where we are now, but if that’s where it took us...’

She felt his hand cover hers, pick it up, turn it over. Felt the soft graze of stubble, the touch of his lips against her palm, and his fingers folding hers up, closing them over the kiss as if to keep it safe.

‘Would it be so bad?’ he asked, and she felt her pulse quicken.

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