The Midwife And The Single Dad (17 page)
‘Ben! The last thing I want to be is a high-flyer! I don’t want to spend all my life behind a desk, telling other people what to do. I’m a midwife, I like delivering babies. I like talking to mums-to-be. And as for living in
London… Well, I’m afraid I’ve gone off the idea. After this time in Soalay, I know I never want to leave.’
‘We first met here,’ he said. ‘We first fell in love here—and it was love.’
‘It was indeed. But…now it’s different. What I feel for you is somehow deeper. There’s more to me now than there was when I was eighteen. And there’s more to you too.’
This time a much, much longer kiss.
‘Oh, Ben that’s so wonderful!’ she gasped.
‘When we are married we can do it every night and every morning,’ he whispered.
‘When we are married! Ben, you’ve forgotten something. A lady needs to be asked.’
‘Of course.’ His face was so close to hers now and she could see that he was not joking. ‘Alice, I realised that life without you would be nothing. I need you and I want you and I love you. Oh, and I come as a package. Take me and you take Fiona. And she loves you too. So will you marry me?’
‘Of course I will! I’ve wanted to marry you for over fifteen years now. Now, can you carry on with what you were doing for a while…?’
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