Soldier Prince's Secret Baby Gift by Kate Hardy

Author:Kate Hardy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-08-07T13:39:13+00:00

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She’d promised him three days. Antonio really hoped that would be enough to talk her round to his point of view.

He decided to start by bringing Tia a cup of tea in bed, and then possibly bring her a breakfast tray. Then they’d go into the village and find a Christmas tree together, and choose some ornaments. They’d spend the afternoon decorating the tree. And he could drop hints that this was something they could do with their baby. They could follow her family traditions and there would be a new one from a shop every year, and a home-made one.

It was almost the total opposite of the Buschetta ornament tradition that he was used to. But if Tia wanted things handmade and personal, that was exactly what he’d give her. And, even though he couldn’t ever remember sitting down with glitter and glue, he was quite prepared to do that. He’d do whatever it took to make her happy and believe in him. Because maybe, just maybe, Tia and the baby were going to change his life. Fill in the gaps. Just as he could fill in the gaps of her life. He’d thought that these three days were to persuade her, but his feelings towards her had already started to change. She wasn’t just the unexpected mother of his baby, the woman he had a duty towards; he was starting to really enjoy the time he spent with her.

He showered and changed into a pair of black jeans and a cashmere sweater, then headed down to the kitchen.

Except, when he went to fill the kettle, he realised that it was still hot.

So did that mean Tia was already up and about? She’d liked the view from the conservatory yesterday, he remembered, so he went in search of her. And there she was, curled up in a chair, sipping tea and looking out at the mountains.

‘Good morning,’ he said.

And how weird it was that his pulse had leaped at the sight of her. She looked so cute sitting there in a half-dream, with her dark curls caught back at the nape of her neck. She didn’t need make-up to emphasise those beautiful brown eyes, either.

This was more than attraction. Antonio kept circling round to the L-word in his head, but love wasn’t something that he believed in or could even define. In royal circles, you didn’t marry for love; you married for duty and for dynastic reasons. His father had made that mistake in his first marriage, falling in love with someone who couldn’t cope with the Royal life that came with him.

Being with Tia, marrying her, was really going to put the cat among the pigeons, politically.

Or maybe this would take his life in a new direction. A better direction. Because being with her made him feel that there could be something more than duty and work in his life. Something he hadn’t expected or looked for, but now he’d had a glimpse of it he wanted more.

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