Chapter 122

A couple of hours later, they lay naked in a tangle of fur throws in front of the gas-fired logs in the massive fireplace in the main drawing room. As night fell, they had become hungry and had raided the fridge to savour the delicacies prepared by Josefina, the housekeeper, who had gone home hours earlier.

"I thought pregnant women suffered a lot from nausea," Lucas said abruptly. But you still have a good appetite.’

‘I haven’t felt sick once,’ Layla admitted. ‘A little dizzy a couple of times, but that’s all.’

"I’ve signed you up to see one of the local doctors while we’re here."

"That’s unnecessary this early in my pregnancy."

Lucas gave her a warning glance. "Humour me. I have a very strong need to know that I’m looking after you properly.’

But Layla was worried that if she gave an inch, Lucas would take a mile. She wondered if he had taken the same managing and controlling attitude to Beverly and asked.

Lucas leaned back on his hands, the hard muscular lines of his chest and stom