A Royal Expectation: The Young Royals - Book 4 by Emma Lea

Author:Emma Lea [Lea, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-07-16T18:30:00+00:00

I was wet and cold by the time I returned to the palace. I refused to think about what had just happened between Drew and I - steadfastly refused. I did not think about it as I rode through the wet streets. I did not think about it when I hurriedly changed clothes in my storage shed. And I definitely did not think about it while I was driven back to the palace.

With the tenacity of an Olympic weightlifter, I strode purposefully through the palace halls to my office and sat at my desk. I picked up the pile of résumés I had been looking through on behalf of Freddie and buried myself in work. I was absolutely determined to force the incident with Drew from my mind with whatever I could find.

I could still feel his lips on mine and his scent was in my nose. I shut down the part of my brain that wanted to replay the incident over and over again on a loop. I refused to acknowledge it, instead picking up a CV of a woman who smiled back at me from her picture. The blonde, blue-eyed beauty had an impressive curriculum vitae. Her work experience and education were extensive - she was almost too good to be true. Then I saw her address. Australia. I growled low in my throat. The last thing we needed in Merveille was another Australian.

I sighed and rolled my head in an effort to crack my neck. There was a tension headache building at the base of my skull and I knew from experience it would take my special combination of ibuprofen and paracetamol, a large glass of water, and twelve hours sleep to rid myself of it. The only problem with that plan was it meant I would be alone with little to occupy my mind and thoughts of Drew would be free to torture me.

I gave myself a quick head massage, concentrating on the pressure points where my head and my neck joined and then refocussed on the résumé in front of me. Elise Thatcher was Australian, but more than willing to relocate internationally. I had a brief thought that she and Drew might know each other and then dismissed it as ridiculous. Australia was a large, if not densely populated, country. There was no reason to think that the two of them would know each other.

I checked my watch and did the time difference calculations in my head. I lifted the handset of my desk phone and pressed the numbers. The phone rang on the other end two and then three times before the call was answered.

“Hello, Elise speaking.”

“Hello Elise,” I said, “My name is Jeanette Bower. I’m calling in regards to the application you submitted for media liaison with Monticorp. Is now a good time to talk?”

“Oh, Ms. Bower,” she replied and I could tell she was smiling, “Now is the perfect time to chat.”

“Excellent,” Jeanette said, “I just have a few quick questions for you and then we can set up a more formal Skype interview at a later date if this goes well.

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