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My mother was predictably cross with me when she heard that Ben had left Ashton Mead.
‘You find an eligible man like Ben, and you let him slip through your fingers. You have to go after him,’ was her initial response. ‘There’s no point in being proud. You’ve already spent years chasing after him. You don’t want to waste all that effort. He came back once before which shows he doesn’t really want to leave you. At the very least, it means he’s in two minds about you. Perhaps he was intimidated by you owning a house? You could offer to put it in both your names, or maybe hint that if you were married you could own it jointly.’
When I explained that I was the one who had ended the relationship, she seemed flummoxed.
‘Well, I don’t know what you want. Admittedly she is a sweet little
