Make-Over Marriage. Sharon Kendrick

and biscuits for three hardworking and worn out girls, is it?” enquired Todd hurriedly.

      ‘Oh, yes, please, Daddy!’ trilled the three in unison.

      ‘And for you, darling?’ Todd looked directly at Anna.

      Their eyes met over three silky blonde heads and the unmissable look of determination in her husband’s grey eyes made Anna dread the resumption of their talk.

      ‘Tea, please,’ she told him calmly, grateful for a bit of breathing space.

      There was a lull while Todd clattered around in the kitchen and Anna brushed the triplets’ wayward hair and exclaimed over offerings brought home from their art class.

      And, although she tried very hard not to think about it, her words came back to haunt her as she realised that for the first time ever she had had the courage to speak the truth during her row with Todd.

      She had never meant to, but facts were facts, and, yes, she had trapped Todd Travers into a marriage he had never intended...