a son with the CEO

front door open, and by that point she was

inded herself. Do this fo

mack the man over the hea

e months, and then he’ll realise that it’d be best if you looke

th you for dinner?’ she asked

ised. ‘You cooke

way, that means it’s your t

.’ He lo

et grumpy.’ She gave him a level stare. ‘Don’t mak

t like her now, and he hadn’t ev

said. ‘I wouldn’t have minded just

bad if you’d turned up while I was halfway through eating my dinner

About half an hour away.’

d. ‘I had to finis

Tyler’s care so, in future, you’re either going to have to learn to

name seemed to galvani

start on the rota, given what we discussed yesterday morning. Perhaps you can

d t

tes?’ He lo

nal rota. Sticky notes me

ound without the rota getting messy. Once we’ve agreed our slots, I’ll write it

hat way it’ll be an obvious ch

ooked at he

the second time he’d said sorry to her in as many days. And, even though Emm

bit of a radical lifestyle change for both of us.

dded.

ta and heating the sauce, then serve

‘The rota looks fine to me.

e fair, giving each othe

eed. He ate a mouthful of t

dinner. I was going to make my

e was coming from. ‘I do

ooking for o

isn’t your thing.’ He bl

be living wi

clear. He really didn’t

the best of it, for Tyler

n with the mortgage and the

letting my flat in Ca

erm lease. Nadin

ve you told he

learly, that’s none of your

. And he’d already said th

ouse and Tyler’

tonight to pick up the ba

He looked at her. ‘I assu

, but I haven’t chosen a

really glad Ally and Pete

really glad Ally and Pete

don’t think I could f

ed. ‘Which of the spare r

ichever one

’t the bedroom that conce

home,’ she explained, ‘a

that means a room w

conciliatory when he said

op and a briefcase. So yo

kbe

d ever shown any interest

sed to Dylan being anythin

where I sketch the piece

I’ll need to get a baby g

ear my tools because they

im. ‘Are you an

pay someone to

men she’d dated in the pas

me meant that they’d aut

to admit when they were

hen again, she wasn’t actu

d to admit that he was go

to date. He was way too

d handyman. I’l

ty plates. ‘I haven’t o

a cleaner to do dirty di

lly and Pete hav

k the dishwasher, then g

e he was out, opting for

It was strange to think

three-month trial—she’d be

ger to think she’d be sh

it might only be

promise to Ally. Sh

ase she’d brought with he

Unable to resist, she reach

e was so vulnerable. She an

doubts about each other

airs to the kitchen to wai

airs to the kitchen to wai

ed at it to make sure the l

and began to sketch some

urned upside down. *When Dylan came back to

pected her to wait up for

to score some wei

er OK?’

d. ‘He’s f

rota for night duty?’ Th

ooking after him since Al

wakes. Do I need to sleep

baby listener.’ She indic

the kettle. ‘Plug it in ne

ts change when there’s a

me on. So that mig