Chapter Twenty-Six
With Hugh it would be agonising and looking at her phone, staring into his green eyes, seeing her smiling face beside his, Emily finally understood the meaning behind a well-known saying. Don’t start what you can’t finish. It would kill her to be finished with Hugh and that was the reason she chose to stay alone tonight. *********** EMILY WOKE THE next morning to the sound of a knock on her door, and Hugh scored no points for good behaviour even though he brought her in a mug of tea. ‘Why did you wake me up?’ Emily asked. ‘It’s ten o’clock.’ ‘But I wanted to lie in.’ ‘Which is why I waited till ten o’clock. How long do you usually lie in for?’ ‘I don’t have to answer that,’ Emily said, taking a sip of tea and wishing he wouldn’t sit on the bed. ‘The lamb is in the slow cooker and
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