Pregnant In The King's Palace (Mills & Boon Modern) (Claimed by a King, Book 4) by Kelly Hunter

Author:Kelly Hunter [Hunter, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2021-05-27T19:41:51+00:00

He couldn’t get enough of her.

Valentine knew he was ignoring the terms of their loosely discussed agreement—especially when it came to keeping Angelique separate from the duties imposed on him by the monarchy, but it was such a little transgression to begin with. He’d stayed overnight at the manor, again, and had a morning appointment with a charity he personally supported. He’d told her about it over breakfast and she’d seemed so interested in what they did, and what he did to amplify their reach, that he asked her if she wanted to come with him.

Foolish, foolish man, because it had quickly turned into a public relations disaster, and, in hindsight, Valentine took full responsibility. He hadn’t briefed her properly, for starters. He hadn’t told the organisers he was bringing a guest.

He’d sprung the trip on her one morning as he played house with her, his stomach full of bacon and mushrooms and sourdough toast, and his mind still clouded by their activities of the previous night. He’d wanted to stay with her just that little bit longer, eke out a couple more hours spent soaking in her warmth, so he’d asked her to accompany him on a job.

She’d been dressed too casually, for starters. Flat shoes, neat trousers, a collared cotton shirt with the sleeves rolled up to sit just below her elbows. No jewellery to speak of, except for the watch she wore on an everyday basis. The charity they had visited tackled adult literacy. As an adult for whom Thallasian was not her first language, Angelique had been genuinely interested in the classes and the teaching materials provided.

Her enthusiasm for their work had been everything he could have asked for.

When one of the organisers had asked if she minded being filmed reading from one of the beginner texts, she hadn’t minded a bit and Valentine had nodded yes. She’d mangled the story, of course. Her spoken Thallasian was far in advance of her ability to read it. It was her fourth language behind her native Spanish, Liesendaachish and English.

The video had gone live on social media and the press had feasted on her ignorance.

Not only had the King’s whore been shabbily dressed, she’d pimped an expensive watch brand she was ambassador for—thus monetising her association with His Majesty the King of Thallasia—and she had the reading skills of the average Thallasian eight-year-old.

All the good work of the charity had been buried beneath an avalanche of criticism, unsubtle innuendo about what the King saw in his foreign mistress, and the prediction that she couldn’t possibly hold his interest for much longer.

All of it was his fault for deviating from the carefully curated script the palace had laid out for him.

Get your head out of the clouds and protect the woman, his sister had berated him, and rightly so.

Benedict—once upon a time the Crown Prince of scandalous headlines involving Angelique—had phoned to ask if Valentine had any other tips to impart when it came to ruining a woman’s reputation.

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