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He should have dropped the subject, walked away, left the discussion for another more appropriate time But somehow he hadn’t been able to His pride hadn’t let him

‘Can I ask why you would have considered it a disaster?’ There had been an edge of warning in his tone

‘Well, that’s obvious, isn’t it?’ Kate had clearly chosen to ignore his warning, which had only inflamed his temper still further

‘Not to me, it’s not’

‘I could never have coped with a baby on top of everything else’ She’d sighed heavily ‘Now that Daddy isno longer here, I’ of the business, concentrate on looking after my mother She needs me now more than ever’

‘And our faestured to the test stick that had lain discarded on the su?’

Kate had wearily shaken her head ‘Look, I can’t do this now, Nikos Just be grateful that I’nant and let’s leave it at that’

She’d extended her aro away To shoo hi

And so inside Nikos had snapped Because if he hadn’t already been infuriated enough, in Greece that gestureas you could get And even though he’d known Kate wasn’t aware of that, Nikos had still found hi to the surface

‘Trust rateful!’

He’d taken hold of her hand, dropping it down by her side Kate’s eyes had flashed with surprise and soh time she took notice of him Showed him some respect Nikos had had precious little of that since he’d arrived at the O’Connor residence