by Kim Lawrence
She looked at him with big eyes, then back at the pristine and perfect façade, not a broken pane or patch of peeling paint in sight. ‘Seriously?’
‘Seriously,’ he said, watching her face with a smile.
‘But how—how on earth did you do all this? It was …’ She shook her head, lost for adequate words to describe the transformation.
‘I put in an offer the day we saw it,’ he revealed, enjoying the look of astonishment on her face. ‘Actually the basic structure was sound and you can achieve a lot in eight weeks.’ Especially when you had teams working round the clock.
‘It’s a miracle!’ she cried, throwing herself at him.
‘You’re the miracle, Miranda,’ Gianni said, returning her kiss with equal enthusiasm.
‘I would live in a tent with you, Gianni,’ she told him fiercely.
‘Not practical, but I’m touched.’
‘It’s such a big house, Gianni, though …’ She sucked in a happy little breath and shot him an almost shy look through her lashes. ‘Maybe a tent wouldn’t be practical. I was planning on telling you tonight, but, well … we might need another of those rooms.’
He realised what she was saying right away; his face lit up with delight. His eyes went to her stomach.
‘A spring baby,’ she said in answer to his silent question. ‘March, if my dates are right.’
‘I want a brother.’
They both turned, laughing, in the direction of the voice that came from the back seat.
‘Well, champ, you have to pretty much take what you’re given, but my motto is if at first you don’t succeed, try try again … Does that work for you, cara mia?’
‘Oh, Gianni,’ she said mistily. ‘I love you so much I can’t believe I can be this happy.’
‘I want to call him Spot!’
They exchanged glances. ‘Interesting choice, Liam,’ his father said, murmuring under his breath to Miranda, ‘You going to break it to him or shall I?’
‘Hush,’ she hissed back as she opened the car door. ‘He’ll change his mind. Come on, Liam, let’s go pick out your new room.’
‘Can I pick out Spot’s room too?’
‘Yes, you can pick out Spot’s room, darling,’ Miranda promised as the little boy skipped up to his new home between his parents. At the door he turned around.
‘Will you two stop kissing?’
‘No,’ said his father, not prepared to humour his son on this point. ‘Not in this lifetime anyway,’ he added, scooping his wife up into his arms. ‘It is tradition.’
She gave a contented sigh and whispered in his ear, ‘Not in any lifetime, my love.’
Miranda had found her soul mate and she was not letting go—ever!
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First published in Great Britain 2012
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of Harlequin (UK) Limited.
Harlequin (UK) Limited, Eton House, 18-24 Paradise Road,
Richmond, Surrey TW9 1SR
© Kim Lawrence 2012
ISBN: 978-1-408-97390-5
Table of Contents
Cover
Excerpt
About the Author
Title Page
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
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