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‘Ava?’ he says quietly

‘What?’

‘I need to tell you soht, ensuring optimum difficulty for him, not that it makes a blind bit of difference I’m removed from his chest with minimal effort and turned onto my back He straddles my waist, but doesn’t rest himself fully on me He chews his lip for a few moments while I look up at him, a sceptical expression plastered all over e is power is the sensible option, but given what Jesse has presentedlife out of htly ‘I’ve had Sarah at The Manor while we’ve been gone’

‘WHAT?’ My head lifts and s while I’one John can’t do it on his own, Ava’

‘But Sarah? You said she was gone, end of!’ I’ hts of absconded parents and painful histories eradicated at theshe’s done would you allow that?’ I snatch my hands from his and try to push him way ‘Get off!’

‘Ava, will you calm down! ‘

‘Why? Worried I ht injure your babies?’ I spit at hied his concerned look to one of displeasure He’s scowling atshit’ Hehands and secure them above my head

‘You think it’ I yell in his face ‘Your constantand over-protectiveness tells me all I need to know’

‘I’ve always been overprotective, so don’t brandish that card, lady!’

He’s right, he has, but I’ainst him, which reoes, or I do!’

He actually rolls his eyes I don’t appreciate it I buck myself, and he releases me, but it’s because he doesn’t want me to hurt his babies It makes me madder ‘Ava, I was in a mess, you refuse to work for ’

I stop and swing round ‘So she’s working for you again?’ I don’t believe this Her compassionate little speech at the coffee house stood for shit She’s probably delighting in this He gets up and walks towards er in his face ‘Don’t try to placateisn’t!’

‘Watch you fking mouth!’

‘No! She’s in love with you Do you know that? Everything she has done really is because she wants to take you away fro to convince ood idea’

‘I know,’