Scandal Queen (Tabloid Princess Book 2) by Anna Bloom

Author:Anna Bloom [Bloom, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2019-11-27T18:30:00+00:00

“What’s happening?” I plopped down on the sofa and lifted my legs across his lap.

He blinked up at me, momentarily distracted, his gaze far away. The news ran in the background. “Did she go to sleep okay?”

I nodded and picked up the glass of red he’d poured for me while I’d been upstairs with Daisy. “The school seem to be protecting her.” I took a sip of the wine. “And I think they have enough students there who live a very discreet life. Did you know the Chelsea Football Club owner’s son goes there?”

“He does?” Oliver lifted an eyebrow, but his attention still lingered on the television screen.

“Turn it off, Ollie. We don’t need to watch this.”

“I hate the fact they are criticising you as a mother.”

I swallowed hard. My throat tingled with the wine like I chugged down vinegar and not a fine Shiraz.

“People don’t understand, so they fill in the blanks. We kind of knew that was going to happen.”

On the screen, images of us coming out of Harrods with the damn Lego box filled the screen. The fact it was the main news item on the evening news actually astounded me.

“What you have here,” a woman sat on a curved leather sofa, “is a real issue with the idea that you can buy a child’s affection.”

“It’s just a toy.” The presenter queried. I’m glad someone spoke some sense.

“But you have to remember that Miss Lawrence has come from nothing. What is it telling this child to now be able to walk into Harrods and buy the biggest and most expensive toy you can find?”

“It wasn’t the most expensive,” Oliver grumbled and for a moment I thought he’d launch his glass of wine at the wall. Instead he clutched it tighter.

“You should not buy a child’s affection. I mean where is this girl’s real father? What does he think of all this? How confusing must this be for a six-year-old to suddenly have the future king pretending to be your dad.”

I reached over and grabbed the buttons. Slipping from the sofa, I knelt in between his knees. “You aren’t pretending, Oliver. Daisy loves you; you must remember that.”

“That’s not what everyone else sees, is it though?”

“Does it matter? If we know.”

His hand briefly brushed along my jaw before he slumped back on the sofa. “None of this is to do with you. It’s to do with me and my family. I’ve spent so long hiding myself, all of us, that now everything people know is distorted from the truth. Do you know how much it bites my arse that people don’t know the real reason why I didn’t get married?”

I nodded, a lump forming in my throat. The royals were exceptional at brushing things under a carpet.

“And next time I decide I truly do want to tie the knot, what do you think everyone will be talking about?” His gaze burned. “It sure as hell won’t be the intense and ridiculous love I feel for someone, or the way my life has transformed from pitiful to plentiful because it’s been enriched beyond measure.

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