A Special Kind of Woman by Caroline Anderson Page A

sweater. ‘Oh, look what I’ve done,’ she said wretchedly when he straightened up.
    ‘Forget it. You can cry all over everything I own for all I care. It’s all yours anyway.’ He pulled her to her feet, tutted and pushed her down again, then took off her ridiculous shoes. ‘You can’t walk in these, you’ll mess your back up,’ he said crossly, and lifted her into his arms.
    ‘Where are you taking me?’ she said curiously.
    ‘Bed,’ he replied. ‘I’m tired. I want to lie down somewhere comfortable and hold you and listen to you telling me you love me until I fall asleep in your arms.’
    ‘What a lovely idea. What about supper?’
    ‘You want to eat, too?’ he said, and put her down again. ‘You’re pregnant, aren’t you, of course.’
    She nodded.
    ‘Pregnant women are always unreasonable. I should have remembered that.’ He made a detour into the kitchen, picked up the biscuit tin and a bottle of mineral water and handed them to her, then scooped all of them up into his arms and carried her up to bed.
    ‘You’re looking very smug,’ she remarked as he put her down in the middle of the bed.
    ‘Am I?’ Owen sat down beside her, his face suddenly serious. ‘I don’t mean to be. When Jill died, I thought I’d lost everything, and when Josh went away I felt as if I’d come to the end of the road. I was just thirty-nine, and there was nothing left for me except my career—and then I met you. You’ve given me my life back, Cait. You’ve given me love and laughter, and another family to look forward to—a baby I thought I’d never have, a teenage daughter to test my patience and a beautiful woman to walk beside me through our lives. Can you blame me for looking just a tiny bit smug?’
    His smile was gentle and a little sad, and she swallowed hard and hugged him.
    ‘No. No, I can’t. I feel the same.’
    His eyes darkened and, taking the biscuits and the water away from her, he lay down beside her and took her into his arms. ‘I love you,’ he said softly, and kissed her…

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