Tabloid Princess by Bloom Anna

Author:Bloom, Anna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

“So, when do you go to the palace to do ‘princey things?’”

We stood in the middle of the large living space, my tour now effectively over. I’d stood mesmerised by a Grand piano when he’d told me it was his to play.

Now, his face lit with a wide smirk and he lifted an eyebrow. “I tend to do ‘princey things’ most of the day and then only come here once my official engagements are over.”

“Do you get hand ache or ligament damage from shaking so many hands all day long?”

“Leia! I do other things than just shake hands.” Chuckling, he motioned me over to the kitchen area, where he picked up a bottle of wine with a French label and showed it to me. “Is red okay? Or I’ve got some beers in the fridge.”

He made it all sound so normal.

He seemed so normal.

The stiff man in his smart clothes, his expression torn, was nowhere in sight.

He’d made a decision. I could sense the finality in the way he moved.

“Sure. Red is fine.” I nodded my agreement and avidly watched him as he pulled a corkscrew from a small drawer and went about twisting it into the top of the bottle. My eyes refused to stop staring at his muscles under his T-shirt. “So what do you do if it’s not just shaking hands?” I asked.

“Well, as the eldest son.” He flashed me a grin. “I’m expected to be my father’s ambassador. Where he can’t go, I must.”

“Even if you don’t want to?”

“Normally.” The smile dropped a little bit.

I lifted myself up to perch on a chrome and black leather barstool alongside the black kitchen island. “So, what else do you do, other than be your father’s bitch?”

His face actually fell for a moment, but then lifted into a wide grin. “It’s just as well that’s not treasonable.”

I shrugged. “I’d still say it anyway.”

His gaze focused on me. “I’m working that out.” We watched one another for a moment.

I waited for the screaming to start in my head. I was with Prince Oliver in his house. I was in his home. He was pouring me a glass of wine.

Strangely it didn’t come.

He looked like he was also expecting the penny to drop as he handed me a glass of wine which I took and clinked against his.

“Can I just say something?” That lovely low tenor of his voice rippled inside me.

“Don’t hold back.” I flashed him a wicked grin, but then darted a nervous glance over his face, not sure if I’d crossed a line.

“You seem to be remarkably okay with being here.”

I nodded slowly and took a sip of the wine. God, that’s good wine.

“I wasn’t okay earlier.” I blushed at my burst of honesty.

“No?”

“No. I’ve been struggling to make sense of what’s happened. I’ve been telling myself our kiss was just that; a throw away moment. I don’t know what interest I could hold to you; the man who has everything, a whole kingdom almost.” I took another sip of wine, fortifying my resolve.

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