The Twin Secret She Must Reveal by Joss Wood

Author:Joss Wood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-08-31T19:12:44+00:00

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Thadie watched Angus easily jogging up the steep path to the villa. She understood his need to be alone—she felt the same.

Like him, she needed a moment to find her bearings, to stabilise her ship, to breathe. Around Angus, she felt as if she were running out of air, her brain shut down and her body, and its needs, took over. She needed a few minutes to regroup.

To think.

She didn’t regret making love to Angus. That had been inevitable. From the moment they’d met again, she’d known that being in his arms, in his bed, was just a matter of time. She might be totally addicted to the way he made her feel physically, but at least she wasn’t confusing sexual chemistry with love.

Sex was sex and love was different. If they could keep the twins’ relationship with Angus separate from their nuclear attraction, then she could do the same for her sexual urges and feelings.

It was just a matter of choosing her thoughts, and looking at the situation clearly.

She glanced towards the north-east, thinking of her boys on another island. Was she a bad mother for desperately wanting a few days, maybe more, to explore their chemistry and attraction? Time for them to talk, make love, be, without having a little person interrupting them, demanding something from her, whether it was a cuddle or a cookie, to be a referee or a reader.

Thadie bit her lip, feeling guilty at wanting Angus to herself, enjoying this time away from them. She’d be lying if she said she never relived their London night together, fantasised about being together like this. He was, after all, her hottest sexual encounter.

For the first time in four years, she felt free to be, wholly and authentically, herself, without reference to anyone else, including the twins.

But what would her life look like when they left the island, when Angus returned to London? Would every hour in the day be dedicated to the twins? Or could she carve out some time for herself by sending her kids to a morning-only playgroup or nursery school?

The thought immediately made her stomach clench and twist. She’d always been so hell-bent on doing everything herself. But, instead of dismissing the idea as she normally would, she decided to examine why she was beating herself up for wanting to do something for herself.

For the first few years of their lives, she was so conscious of being all the twins had and she’d been driven to do everything herself, to be a super-mum. Because if she didn’t do absolutely everything herself, she would be like her parents, who’d never done anything at all.

Liyana had never changed a nappy, her father hadn’t known what one was. They’d never lost sleep because she was crying, nor dealt with a childish temper tantrum. They’d simply employed nannies, then au pairs, to raise her.

Why be a parent when you could pay someone to do it for you?

Not wanting to think about her parents, she switched gears.

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