Stealing the Promised Princess by Millie Adams

Author:Millie Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-07-08T11:41:09+00:00

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When Matteo returned two days later, Javier had only one goal in mind.

He knew that what he was doing was an utter violation of his position. But he had already done that.

But things had become clearer and clearer to him over the past couple of days. And while he knew that his actions had been unforgivable, there was only one course of action to take.

“You need to set her free,” he said when he walked into his brother’s office.

“Would you excuse us, Livia?”

Like the mouse he often called her, Livia scurried from the room.

“You must be very happy with her performance on the business trip to address her by her first name.”

“I am. Now, who exactly do I have to set free?”

“Violet King. You cannot hold her. You cannot possibly be enforcing her father’s medieval bargaining.”

“I instigated the medieval bargain. So obviously I’m interested in preserving it.”

“She will be willing to offer her business services. But she does not wish to marry you.”

“Why exactly do you care?” Matteo asked, his brother always too insightful.

“I slept with her,” Javier said. “Obviously you can see why it would be problematic for her to remain here.”

Matteo appraised him with eyes that were impossible to read. “You know I don’t actually care if you’ve slept with her. As long as you don’t sleep with her after I marry her.”

“You aren’t angry about it?” The idea of Matteo touching Violet filled him with fury. That his brother could feel nothing...

Well, he didn’t know her. He didn’t deserve her.

Matteo waved a hand. “I have no stronger feelings about her than I do for my assistant. She’s a useful potential tool. Nothing more. What she does with her body is her business.”

“I betrayed you,” Javier said.

“How? She has made no vows to me. And I don’t love her.”

For the first time, Javier found his brother’s complete lack of emotion infuriating. Because he had wasted time having far too many emotions about the entire thing, and apparently it didn’t matter after all.

“Let her go.”

“Now see, that does bother me, Javier. Because my word is law.”

“And you wanted to know when you were overstepping. And it is now. She doesn’t wish to marry you. She wishes to leave.”

“And her wishes override mine?”

“You would force a woman down the aisle?”

“I told you what I wanted.”

“And I’m here to tell you it isn’t going to happen. She is mine.”

“Then you marry her.”

He jerked backward. “What?”

“You marry her.”

“Why the hell does anyone have to marry her?”

“Because I made a bargain with her father. And I don’t like to go back on a bargain. It was what he promised me in exchange for his freedom. I didn’t ask, if you were wondering.”

“He simply... Offered her?”

“Yes. I think he liked the idea of a connection with royalty.”

“She doesn’t want it.”

“But you see, I made a business deal with Robert King. He gave me some very tactical business advice that was needed at the time. In exchange I promised that I would make his daughter royalty.

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