The Italian's New-Year Marriage Wish by Sarah Morgan

Author:Sarah Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

The antenatal clinic was held that afternoon and Amy spent her entire lunch hour wondering whether there was any way she could get out of it without drawing attention to herself.

Five minutes before it was due to start she was still sitting in the staff room when Kate hurried in. ‘You haven’t for got ten your clinic, Amy?’

If only.

‘No.’ Amy forced a smile. ‘Just having five minutes’ rest before I start.’

‘We almost cancelled this particular clinic as it’s the week between Christmas and New Year, but there were so many patients that in the end I decided that we had to run it. Are you going to eat that sandwich in front of you or just look at it?’ Kate flicked the switch on the kettle and waited for it to boil.

‘I’m not really hungry.’ It was a shame they hadn’t cancelled the clinic.

‘You have a busy afternoon ahead of you. You should eat lunch.’ Kate made her coffee and added some milk. ‘Is it Marco that’s made you lose your appetite? What’s going on with the two of you?’

Amy hesitated. Kate was a friend, but she wasn’t used to confiding in people. All her life she’d made her own decisions and relied on herself. To begin with she’d had no choice, and then it had become a way of life. ‘We’re— Well, let’s just say our relationship is still over. We’re just working a few things out.’

‘That must be hard.’ Kate put her mug on the table and sat down. ‘You’re very pale, Amy. Are you ill? Or is it just the stress of seeing Marco again?’

Could she pretend she was ill?

It would get her out of doing the clinic and it wasn’t altogether a lie. The mere thought of spending an afternoon talking to pregnant women was enough to make her ill. But if she said she was ill, Marco would be on to her, trying to find out what was wrong.

‘I’m not ill.’

‘Then it must be stress. Do you honestly think the two of you are going to be able to work together?’ Kate slowly stirred sugar into her coffee. ‘I know that Nick’s worried about it. He thinks that the history between you is going to make things difficult.’

‘It will be fine. Nick has nothing to worry about. Marco and I are not planning to discuss the demise of our marriage at work.’

‘No—all the same, it was good of you to stay and help us. I’m guessing that you didn’t want to but Marco is very persuasive, as we both know. He has a way of getting a person to say yes to all sorts of things.’ Kate’s voice was gentle. ‘Whatever you say to the contrary, I know this can’t be easy for you, Amy. I never really under stood what went wrong between the two of you but if you want someone to talk to, you have a friend in me. I just wanted to remind you of that.’

‘Thanks. Thanks, Kate.’ Unbelievably touched, Amy rose to her feet quickly before she was tempted to blurt out the truth about the current situation.

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