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He doubted there would ever come a time he would be able to buive her bottom a cheeky pinch, and then catch up on old times

The animosity would always be there

In any case, if her baby did prove to be his, then he had to concede she would be a huge part of his lifewell, for the rest of his life If the baby was his then they would be for ever united, even in the most cerebral fashion

An ie of a tiny baby with a shock of Cara’s fla with the nagging voice that kept piping up, asking hi more than to be a part-time father

He clenched his hands into fists

He didn’t want to think that far ahead

He didn’t want to i his child

Once, a long tinancy, the un he had shared in the creation of life and that soon he would be a father The child had been no ht of the future that child would have with hiether

His child would never have felt second best

His child never got the chance to feel anything, least of all second best

Luisa had ripped that chance away from him

Cara was nothing like Luisa

Cara was like no one he’d ever met

But what did he know of her really? He’d known Luisa pretty uessed she was capable of ripping his heart out and sta on the remnants

He would never trust another woman He couldn’t There was only so much pain one man could take and he’d reached that lie years

Only when Cara’s baby was born and the paternity test established that he truly was the father would he allow himself to think properly of the future

Only then would he allow himself to think of what it truly meant to have a child

Until that time cauest A fiery, sexy houseguest

Suppressing a yawn, he checked his watch It was time to call it a day There was a party he had to attend, a party he’d been looking forward to until approxiood friend as celebrating his first wedding anniversary Not feeling in the ot his driver to take hi to shake himself out of the melancholic mood that had crept under his skin

By the time he arrived back at his home he felt no better, but, with practised ease, slipped his old faithful smile on and strolled into the house

‘Where is Cara?’ he asked Monique, who had hurried out to greet him