A Royal Amnesia Scandal by Jules Bennett

Author:Jules Bennett
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-06-01T16:00:00+00:00

Ten

She should’ve told him. No matter what the doctor said, she should have just told Luc that they weren’t engaged. Everything else he could remember on his own, but the biggest lie of all needed to be brought out into the open.

Of course, now they’d slept together twice, and she still hadn’t said a word.

The heaviness of the ring on her hand wasn’t helping the guilt weighing on her heart, either. Instead of trying to make this right, she’d let every single aspect spin even more out of control.

Stepping from the bathroom, Kate tied the short, silky robe around her waist. As soon as she glanced up, she spotted Luc sitting up in bed, the stark white sheet settled low around his hips. All those tanned, toned muscles, the dark ink scrolling over one shoulder, the dark hair splattering over his pecs. The man exuded sex appeal and authority.

“You needn’t have bothered with that robe if you’re going to keep looking at me like that,” he told her, his voice husky from sleep.

Kate leaned against the door frame to the bathroom. “Did you know you never wanted to marry?” she asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

Luc laughed, leaning back against the quilted headboard. “That’s a bit off topic, but no. I didn’t know that.”

Swallowing, Kate pushed forward. “You had no intention of taking a wife, but Ilha Beleza has some ridiculously archaic law that states you must be married by your thirty-fifth birthday in order to succeed to the throne.”

“My birthday is coming up,” he muttered, as if that tidbit just hit him. Luc’s brows drew together as he laced his fingers over his abdomen. “Are you saying I’m not entitled to the throne if we aren’t married by then?”

This was the tricky part. “You aren’t crowned until you’re married.”

“That’s ridiculous.” He laughed. “I’ll change that law, first thing. What if my son doesn’t want to marry? Who says you have to be married by thirty-five?”

Kate smiled. “That’s exactly what you said before you fell. You were dead set on having that law rewritten.”

His eyes held hers another moment, but before she could go on, he said, “I had a dream last night. It was real. I know it was a memory, but I can’t figure it out.”

Kate’s heart beat faster in her chest. Was their time over? Was the beautiful fantasy they’d been living about to come to a crashing halt?

“What was the dream?” she asked, gripping her arms with anticipation.

“I had a dream you were pregnant. That image in my head has hit more than once.” His eyes drilled into her. “Why would I keep dreaming that, Kate?”

“Did you see me in the dream?” she asked, knowing she was treading on very shaky ground.

He shook his head. “No. I had my hands on your bare stomach and I was so happy. Nervous, but excited.”

“I’ve never been pregnant,” she told him softly. “Do you think maybe you’re just thinking ahead?”

Kate glanced away, unable to look him in the eyes and see him struggle with this entire situation.

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