Royal Mistake: The Complete Series by Ember Casey & Renna Peak

Author:Ember Casey & Renna Peak [Casey, Ember]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Andrew

Victoria stares up at me, unblinking. For a moment I think she hasn’t heard me correctly. Why else wouldn’t she have a reaction to such a statement?

“None of those women matter to me,” I say. “Any time I spend with them is spent wishing you were by my side instead. And yes—that includes Princess Justine.”

I expect her to smile. To grab me and kiss me. Instead, she shakes her head and pulls away from me.

“You have to stop saying things like that,” she says. “We’ve already gone over this. This thing between you and me has to end, so let’s stop pretending that—”

“Does it have to end?”

“Of course it does. We both knew this was never going to last.”

She says it with such conviction that I can only stare at her. She’s not entirely wrong—I never expected what she and I had to be anything more than a pleasant fling before my impending matrimony. But somewhere along the way something shifted for me. I find myself more and more willing to risk everything, to forget my duty and to choose my own desires…but if she doesn’t feel the same way, if she still sees this as an arrangement with an expiration date, then I can’t get ahead of myself.

“We should probably get off the plane,” I say. “I’m sure we both have things to do before dinner tonight.”

She doesn’t say a word to me as we descend onto the tarmac. Perhaps she’s second-guessing her decision to return to Montovia. Or perhaps I shouldn’t have been so forward with her. I thought she wanted me to confess my feelings for her—but now I’m wondering if I might have scared her instead.

Be careful, I tell myself. Don’t risk everything for someone who isn’t certain.

Still, when we reach the palace and I watch her walk away toward her room, I find myself staring after her, sad to be apart from her even for a couple of hours.

I slept for a few hours on the plane, but I spent most of the time staring at her, afraid to close my eyes for fear she’d somehow walk out of my life again. When did that happen? When did she get so thoroughly under my skin? I’ve spent my whole life being so certain about who I am, about what I need and want to do, and this one woman has suddenly made me question everything.

I make it all the way to my suite before I change my mind. I walk right past my door and straight to the guest quarters. I knock on Victoria’s door, not even caring if Lady Clarissa can hear me from next door.

A moment later, the door opens and Victoria looks up at me with a confused look in her eyes.

“What—?”

Her voice cuts out as my mouth comes down on hers. My arms close around her, dragging her against my chest, trying to be closer to her.

She seems to get over her surprise quickly. Her arms loop around my neck, and I back her into her room, kicking the door shut behind us.

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