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EPILOGUE

‘WHAT ARE WE looking at, Daddy?’ Daisy asked in a loud whisper.

‘I’m not too sure,’ Xander muttered, Daisy sitting on his knee as the two of them frowned at the monitor in front of them, his free hand tightly holding onto Samantha’s as she lay on the bed beside them.

‘It doesn’t look much like a baby, Daddy,’ Daisy said doubtfully as they watched the movements being projected from inside Samantha’s womb onto the monitor.

Xander felt his panic rise; it didn’t look like any baby he had ever seen either. Admittedly there was the thud-thud sound of a heartbeat, but even that sounded too rapid, and there were definitely too many legs visible—

‘That’s because it’s two babies, darling,’ Samantha murmured indulgently.

‘What?’ Xander gasped.

‘Two babies,’ she repeated emotionally.

‘Two babies,’ Xander echoed faintly, realising that must be the reason the heartbeat sounded too rapid: because it was two heartbeats, not one.

‘It would seem that we’re having twins, darling,’ Samantha assured him lovingly.

He swallowed, his mouth dry. ‘I can’t— We can’t—’

‘Of course we can.’ She smiled indulgently. ‘You’re a twin,’ she reminded him calmly.

‘Twins.’ Xander put Daisy down to stand up and hug his wife. ‘We’re having twins!’ he cried, tears of happiness shining in his eyes.

‘Yes, we are.’ Samantha laughed huskily as she hugged him back.

He gave a sudden groan as he slowly released her before straightening. ‘You do realise Darius is never going to stop teasing me?’ he explained as Samantha gave him a questioning glance.

‘He won’t,’ she assured him.

‘Of course he will.’ Xander groaned again.

‘He really won’t.’ Sam laughed softly, her heart bursting with love for the man who had been her husband for this past wonderful year. ‘Andy told me yesterday that the two of them are expecting twins too!’

‘Hah!’ Xander gave a grin of triumph. ‘My mother and Charles are going to be thrilled at the idea of more grandchildren!’

Sam couldn’t have asked for nicer in-laws than Catherine and Charles, and they absolutely adored Daisy. She had no doubt there was plenty of room in those two kind hearts for a dozen more grandchildren.

‘Wait.’ Xander gave a teasing grimace. ‘How will I cope if it’s two girls and I have three little Samanthas twisting me round their little fingers?’ He gazed down at Daisy, whom he absolutely adored and who adored him back.

‘Look on the bright side, darling,’ Sam teased. ‘It could be two little Xanders to twist me round their little fingers!’

‘Would you like to know the sex of your two babies?’ the technician asked softly.

Sam looked at Xander and Xander looked at Sam, and then both of them shook their heads at the same time.

Sons, or more daughters, they would love all of their children.

As much as they loved and adored each other.

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Read on for an extract from PRINCESS’S SECRET BABY by Carol Marinelli.