A Very Merry Princess by Susan Mallery

Author:Susan Mallery
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Ltd
Published: 2017-11-03T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

BETHANY SPENT THE night tossing and turning only to end up where she’d started—knowing that she was totally to blame for her current situation. While it would be nice to say it was someone else’s fault, it wasn’t. She could have sent someone else to get Rida settled—the royal stable was filled with excellent, caring workers who would have gladly accompanied Rida, but she’d insisted only she could do the job. Given how easily he’d settled into his new home, she knew now she’d been ridiculous.

Maybe it was more than the horse, she realized sometime before dawn. Maybe she enjoyed the drama of her situation a little too much. Maybe she’d been putting off having to make some hard decisions about what she wanted to do with her life. Regardless of which or all of the reasons, she was now stuck in a difficult situation and she had no idea how to fix things.

Telling Cade the truth made the most sense. It was the mature thing to do. The right thing to do. Only she didn’t want to. For one thing, she knew everything would change. While she was pretty sure he liked Beth Smith, he would have nothing but disdain for Princess Bethany. He would see her as Lynette-like, judge her and dismiss her, which would be devastating, because the even-bigger problem, at least to her, was she had feelings for Cade.

He was so funny and charming and capable. She liked how he respected her job and made her laugh and was easy to be around. She liked how his kisses made her feel. She liked pretty much everything about him. Which meant lying to him had been beyond dumb.

She got out of bed and went to the window. As she saw it, she could go one of two ways. Come clean or not. If she told him the truth, she would lose everything they had. If she continued to lie, she betrayed him and everything they had. It wasn’t much of a choice.

By the time she’d showered and dressed, she’d decided to come clean. She would accept whatever consequences there were with her head held high.

That decided, she went downstairs. Cade was already in the kitchen starting the coffee. He looked up as she came in and smiled.

She told herself it wasn’t even a special smile, but wow, there was something about the way he looked at her. With affection and kindness, with concern.

“How are you feeling?” he asked. “Did you sleep?”

“I’m better, thanks. I’m sorry about last night.”

“Don’t worry about it. I’m just glad you’re okay.”

She opened her mouth, then closed it. She couldn’t do it. She couldn’t have him think less of her—it would hurt too much. Which made her a coward, but she could live with that easier than seeing disdain in Cade’s eyes. However, she also couldn’t allow things to move forward between them. It would be wrong. She would keep things as they were, which was the very least he deserved.

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