Royal Ruse: A Sweet Royal Romance (The Kabiero Royals Book 1) by Emma Lea

Author:Emma Lea [Lea, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

I wore a striped, strapless maxi dress that skirted the line between too casual for dinner and just right. I didn’t care. If Lucas and I were heading down to the beach after dinner, I wanted to be in something comfortable but also something that would make my shoulders look amazing in the moonlight. Besides, I knew my choice wouldn’t faze Meredith. The king and queen did not insist on absolute formality all the time and I knew dinner would be out on the terrace and it was a warm night and I had a hundred and one reasons why it was perfectly fine for me to wear this dress. I’d had to list them all to Selena before she would consent to helping me get dressed and doing my hair.

My makeup was soft and Selena had worked some sort of magic on my hair to get it into an updo that looked stylish and soft at the same time. I looked…pretty. I wasn’t insecure about my looks, but when I looked in the mirror, there was something different about me, something soft and romantic—two words I would never have used to describe me.

“You look like a woman in love,” Selena said with a satisfied smile as if she could read my mind.

“Yeah,” I murmured in response.

A knock on the door pulled me out of the weird place I’d gotten lost in and I plastered a smile on my face as I left the bedroom to meet Lucas. He stood in the sitting room and turned when he heard me coming. His eyes raked over me and I swear my body heated under his gaze.

“You look beautiful,” he breathed, coming closer and pressing a soft kiss to my cheek.

“Thank you,” I replied.

It felt like a first date, even though we’d been doing this same thing every night since we’d come to Kalopsia. I was nervous and excited and almost giddy with anticipation. It was an altogether weird feeling. I’d never felt this way before and I doubt I’d feel this way about anyone else ever again.

Lucas tucked my hand through his elbow and escorted me out of the suite and down to the terrace where the others were gathering.

“Can I get you a drink?” he asked.

“White wine,” I replied, surprising both of us.

“Okay,” he said, pressing another kiss to my cheek before heading over to the bar to get us drinks.

“You two are looking rather cozy,” Dorian said coming to stand beside me with a glass of scotch in his hand.

“We are engaged to be married,” I replied.

Dorian grunted, and I turned to look at him. “What’s up with you? Your usual sunny disposition is decidedly gloomy tonight.”

“I never have a sunny disposition and how dare you accuse me of it,” he replied, and I grinned. He was right. Dorian was not a happy, smiley person. He was more of a Wednesday Addams…no, he was one of those alpha-hole CEO billionaire types that romance books loved to cast as heroes.

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