The Scandal That Made Her His Queen--An Uplifting International Romance by Caitlin Crews

Author:Caitlin Crews
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-10-25T18:25:47+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

ZEUS DIDN’T KNOW what was worse. Nina’s look of outright horror at his use of the word love. Or the fact that he’d actually spoken of his mother.

Of his own accord.

He spent the rest of the flight to Paris being outrageous and needlessly provoking to make up for it.

Because he would rather have her looking at him the way she normally did. As if he required extreme forbearance.

It wouldn’t change the fact that he wanted his father—and the rest of the world—to think that the most notorious prince in the world was head over heels in love with what was considered his worst scandal yet.

Once in the City of Light, a waiting car swept them off to his favorite hotel, a discreet affair on the Left Bank that suited both his sense of luxury and his need for discretion—but only sometimes.

“I’m surprised that the Theosian crown doesn’t have property in Paris,” Nina said once he told her where they were staying. When any other woman he knew would simply have sat there quietly, possibly murmured a few superlatives about both him and his choice of lodging, and tried to look appealing. Then again, Nina didn’t have to try. “Haught Montagne maintains residences in most major cities. I thought everyone did.”

“The kingdom has several residences here, in fact.” He thrust his legs out before him in the back of the spacious car, slumping down a bit in his seat so he’d look as rumpled as possible. “I do not always wish to have my every move dissected by the palace.”

She nodded briskly. “Because they’re evil.”

Zeus only sighed. “I like an enemy as much as the next person, but there’s something you must remember about palace staff.” He turned toward her so he could hold her gaze with his. “We are the product, and they are responsible for keeping that product in as pristine condition as they can manage. Yet the product also has all the power. So what are they meant to do?”

Her gaze was steady on his. “You think of yourself as a product?”

And he kept finding himself in moments like these with her. Perilously close to being his real self around this woman when he liked to pretend he couldn’t even recall that he’d ever had a real self to begin with.

“I know exactly who I am,” he replied.

Possibly with a touch too much heat.

“But—” Nina began, frowning.

“I cannot speak for other palaces, but I know that I give my own nothing but trouble. And yet they manage it all magnificently.” He lifted a brow. “I’m surprised that a woman elevated from the orphanage, and with such a chip on her shoulder to match, would not care for the plight of honest, hardworking servants.”

She let out a small sound and looked down at her belly. Then rubbed it the way she did when she was avoiding him. He found it more fascinating every time he saw her do it. And adorable.

Because he was impossible to ignore.

“I don’t really

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