The Princess and the Billionaire by Barbara Bretton

Author:Barbara Bretton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Free Spirit Press
Published: 2014-02-12T00:00:00+00:00

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By the time she and Daniel left the Golden Cue, Isabelle’s head was spinning. Daniel loaded the enormous fowl into the rear of the truck, then helped her into the passenger seat.

“Bet you never thought you’d be sharing a ride with a twenty-six-pound bird,” he said as they eased back into traffic.

“I should say that’s a fair statement.”

“You’re looking a little shell-shocked.”

“I’m feeling shell-shocked.”

He laughed. “Sal isn’t always that hyper. He was excited to meet a real live princess.”

“He thought I was from Peru,” Isabelle said with a shake of her head.

“Sal’s short on pronunciation but long on heart.”

“Where on earth do you know him from?”

“He’s my dad’s best friend.” He shot her a sidelong glance at a traffic light. “They went to school together.”

“And your father still keeps up with him?”

“My old man’s not about to let a few million dollars get in the way of a good friendship.”

“Sal said your family owns half of New York City,” she said as they drove past the sports restaurant Daniel’s father had built years ago near the site of the World’s Fair.

“We’re working on it.”

“How does it feel to be so wealthy?”

“How does it feel to be a princess? If it’s all you’ve ever known you have nothing to compare it to.”

She thought of the stories she’d heard about Matty’s rise to wealth. “I thought your father was a self-made man.”

“He is, but by the time I came along, he was on his way. Trust me, princess. My childhood was anything but deprived.”

“Will all of your brothers and sisters be at your parents’ house?”

“Getting cold feet?”

“You must admit you do have an uncommonly large family, Bronson.”

“What can I say? We’re Catholic.”

He had her laughing out loud as he described each of his siblings in trenchant detail. By the time he launched into capsule portraits of their spouses, Isabelle was holding her sides.

“And there must be nieces and nephews,” she prodded, eager to know more.

“Eleven of them.” He chuckled. “Katie’s going to go crazy when she meets you. She wants to be a princess when she grows up.”

Sudden tears burned behind her lids. “I think she can do better than that.” In truth, little Katie already had. Katie had a family who loved her.

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