The Prince's Waitress Wife by Sarah Morgan

Author:Sarah Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub

They’re so pretty. Are they from your garden?’ She talked to the girls, then

to their mother, shook what felt like a million hands, and slowly and

gradually made her way along the avenue towards the palace. But it took a

long time because everyone had something to say to her and she had

plenty to say in return.

Several people pushed teddies into her arms for the baby, and eventually

she needed help to carry everything.

After an hour of chatting to a stunned and delighted crowd, Holly finally

allowed herself to be urged back into the carriage.

‘Clearly I misjudged you.’ Casper settled himself beside her, indicating with his head that the procession should move on.

Holly’s heart soared. ‘Y-you did?’

‘Yes. I thought you’d find the whole day impossibly daunting. But you’re a

natural.’ He gave a wry smile. ‘I’ve never seen anyone so skilled at talking

about nothing with such enthusiasm and for such a long time.’

Holly digested this statement, decided that it was a compliment of sorts,

and tried not to be disappointed that he’d been referring to the way she’d

handled herself in public, rather than his opinion of her pregnancy.

Reminding herself that she had to be patient, she smiled. ‘How can it be

daunting when everyone is so nice?’ Holly waved again and spied another

group of children in the crowd. She opened her mouth to ask if they could

stop, but Casper met her questioning glance with a slow shake of his head.

‘No. Absolutely not. Delighted though I am that you’ve managed to please

the crowd, we have about two-hundred foreign dignitaries and heads of

state currently waiting for us at the palace and we’re already late. I’d rather

not cause a diplomatic incident if we can avoid it.’ But his tone was in direct

contrast to the warmth in his eyes. ‘You’ve done well, tesoro.’

His praise made her glow inside and out, and she felt so ridiculously happy

that she couldn’t stop smiling. All right, so they’d had a shaky start to their

relationship, but one of the advantages of that was that it could only

improve.

Feeling optimistic about the future, Holly smiled all the way through the formal banquet, all the way through the dancing and all the way up to the

moment when she was finally escorted to the prince’s private quarters in a

wing of the palace suspended above the sea.

It was only as the door closed behind them, leaving the guests and the

guards on the outside, that reality hit her.

They were alone.

And this was their wedding night.

Gripped by a sudden attack of nerves, Holly gave a faltering smile,

instinctively breaking the throbbing, tense silence that had descended on

them. ‘So this is where you actually live. It’s beautiful—so much light and

space, and—’

‘Stop talking.’ Casper reached for her clenched hands, gently prised them

apart and then slid them round his waist and backed her against the door

with an unmistakeable sense of purpose.

Trapped between solid oak and six foot two of raw male virility, Holly found

she could barely breathe, let alone talk. Dry mouthed, knees shaking, she

was aware only of the simmering undercurrents of sexuality that emanated

from his powerful

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