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‘We made love and we made a baby,’ Nico said.
‘Yes.’
‘I came back from Silibri early because it stunk without you,’ he told her. ‘Thank goodness I had that last morning with my father, but I flew home early. Marianna said you were at the house, for the balcony…’ He looked right at her. ‘I came in and I knew you were still there. I followed my desire up the stairs and we seduced each other—the way we do and the way we always have. We took each other beyond the edge and, no, I wasnotthinking of pills, or condoms, or anything other than getting inside you. So, no, you did not trap me.’
‘Thank you,’ she said.
‘And another thing,’ Nico said. ‘My intention is not to lay a finger on you until we have talked this out, however, please go on the Pill—because there will be times, like this current one, where I want you on the floor.’
‘I am on the Pill,’ Aurora said.
Thank goodness, she thought, because she was squirming with how turned on she was.
‘Why?’
‘Because whatever our feelings are, or are not, we do always seem to end up in bed.’
‘We do,’ Nico agreed, and took a long drink of red wine. He held it for a moment in his mouth, then swallowed it down. ‘But not now, because we have a lot to sort out.’
‘I’m not ready to sort it all out.’
Tears were filling her eyes again. She did not want his practical solutions, she wanted his adoration—his relief that she was back in his life. Aurora wanted his love.
‘Please, Nico, I’m not ready to thrash things out with you.’
‘Then eat.’
She nodded.
‘But I mean it, Aurora. No sex till we’re sorted.’
‘Good!’
She took a mouthful of her own wine and swallowed that lie.
For the first time in her life Aurora left dirty plates at the table. She was simply too drained and exhausted as she searched out the nanny. Her room was miles away!
‘He’s a delight,’ the nanny said as Aurora took over bathing Gabe. ‘Why don’t I warm him a bottle?’
‘Thank you,’ Aurora said.
It was nice to sit in a chair and feed him, with this kindly woman watching on. She had missed hermammaso much these last few months.
‘I hope you’re settled in okay?’ Aurora said.
‘And you.’ The nanny smiled. ‘And little Gabe. It’s our first night here for all of us.’
‘True.’ Aurora gave a tired laugh.
‘Your cheek…?’
‘It wasn’t Nico,’ Aurora said, in an effort to clear the air. ‘He would never, ever do something like that.’
‘I know,’ the nanny agreed. ‘Or I would not have taken the job.’
‘I worked for someone who did, though,’ Aurora said.
Oh, heavens, she was like a leaky tap all of a sudden, but it dawned on her how much tension she had lived with these past months. All the energy spent watching the gathering storms.
