The Princess Problem by Christi Barth

Author:Christi Barth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Billionaire Romance; Coming of Age Fiction; Contemporary Romance Fiction; Family Life Fiction; Contemporary Women's Fiction; American Humorous Fiction; Christi Barth; Entangled Publishing; Amara; Single Title Romance; Royal romance; Suddenly royalty; Unexpectedly Royal; Stand alone romance; american; fish out of water; protector romance; bodyguard; royal guard; New York; RomCom; Opposites Attract; Kidnapping
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“If you planned to traipse us across the entire palace grounds, why didn’t we start earlier, before it got so darned hot?” Mallory lifted her hair off her neck to pull it through the strap of her stars-and-stripes baseball cap. She always wore it in the run up to the Fourth of July. Kelsey just hoped nobody here in Moncriano got offended by the in-your-face America-ness of it.

“The royal family attends Mass every Sunday,” Elias said. “I went with them.”

Aha. That explained why her official schedule had been so surprisingly empty. It had been nice to lay in bed doing nothing after so many jam-packed days in a row. Kelsey bumped shoulders with her sister. “No complaining. Even in a palace, God trumps everyone.”

“We’re not Catholic,” Mallory reminded her. The snippy tone was probably due to how poorly she dealt with heat. That auburn hair and pale skin made her particularly susceptible…and bitchy. “We don’t have to jump to attention every Sunday.”

And, boom! There was another reminder of things that were beyond her scope of knowledge. “Hang on. Am I Catholic? Christened in the church and all that?”

Elias nodded without breaking his stride as they tromped over thicker grass far beyond the manicured gardens she knew.

“So if I stay, I’ll have to learn my catechism and get confirmed?” Oh geez. What if they did mass in Latin? She’d have to learn two more languages? This country was piling up reasons for her to take the easy way out and bolt back to New York. Yes, it was surface stuff and not an actual reason to turn her back on her legacy, her duty. But sometimes that all got too heavy to contemplate, so Kelsey focused on the small differences. It helped her cope. She knew, however, it in no way could help influence her actual decision.

“Unlike England, in Moncriano the monarch is not the head of the church. In terms of battles to fight to keep your sense of self, you have a good chance of not being hassled if you choose to remain…what, exactly?”

Oh, it was delicious to catch Elias out. Kelsey did a skip-hop combo to get in front of him. All the better to wag a finger in his face. “Ha! Something your background snooping didn’t turn up. I’m shocked. So disappointed in your slacker-hood.”

“The Royal Protection Service doesn’t snoop. We investigate.” He was as haughty and proper as…her grandmother. Until Elias winked at her.

Warmth poured through her body at that naughty wink and the smile that accompanied it. Watching the real Elias leak past the buttoned-up layers of pomp and formality was so much fun. Kelsey almost reached for his hand, but stopped herself just in time.

The gardens looked deserted—did the entire capital city go to mass?—but the outer grounds of the palace were open to public tours. They had to be careful. Or so Elias kept insisting. Repeatedly. That if anyone found out, he’d lose his job. And his honor. Because he was a commoner and she was royalty.

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