RELUCTANT WIFE 27

‘I had a go with the sandblaster.’ His grip tightened. ‘I was bored. B.O.R.E.D! Bored! You wouldn t let me come to you. I was going crazy, Alexis.’

His grip slackened. ‘Come here and sit on the bed. We need to talk.’

They sat down on the bed, facing each other. Firstly, the sandblaster is too heavy for you.’

Carrie boiled inside. What did he think she was, some weak little waif? ‘Too heavy? The sandblaster is not too heavy for me.’

‘Not even if you’re pregnant?’

Large blue eyes shot to his. He raised his dark eyebrows. ‘I heard you this morning in the

bathroom. If I’m not mistaken I think this is morning sickness?’

‘Yes, well,’ she coloured. ‘So what if it is!’

‘If it is?’ he said slowly, ‘I think the sandblaster is too heavy.’ Then he grinned, boyishly. ‘Just how much of the bakery have you done?’

Carrie relaxed; he wasn’t going to make an issue of her not telling him about her pregnancy. ‘Not much. Just finished the downstairs room.’ She clasped her hands in her lap. ‘Look, it’s onl