Becoming the Prince's Wife (Princes of Europe) by Rebecca Winters

Author:Rebecca Winters [Winters, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

“ABBY?”

“Carolena—thank heaven you called! Where are you?”

“I’m back at the office.”

“You’re kidding—”

“No.” Carolena frowned in puzzlement.

“I thought you’d be in Gemelli longer.”

“There was no need. I finished up the video taping last evening. I’m pleased to say it went very well. This morning I left the country at eight-fifteen. When the jet landed in Arancia, I took a taxi to my apartment and changed clothes before coming to the firm. It’s amazing how much work can pile up in a—”

“Carolena—” Abby interrupted her, which wasn’t like her.

She blinked. “What’s wrong?”

“You don’t know?” Her friend sounded anxious.

“Know what?” She got a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach.

“Vincenzo’s source from Gemelli told him that the queen opened parliament this morning without Valentino being there and no announcement was made about his forthcoming marriage. Parliament only convenes four times a year for a week, so the opportunity has been missed.”

Carolena came close to dropping her cell phone.

“When you were with him, did he tell you anything? Do you have any idea what has happened?”

“None at all.” It was the truth. Carolena could say that with a clear conscience. “When the taping was over last evening, we returned to the palace with the camera crew and I went straight to bed once I got back to my apartment.”

She had no clue where Valentino had gone or what he’d done after he’d disappeared down the hall. But if he had been in as much turmoil as Carolena... She started to feel sick inside. “This morning I had breakfast in my room, then his assistant took me to the helicopter at seven-thirty and wished me a good flight. I know nothing.”

“It’s so strange. Vincenzo has tried to get through to him on his cell phone, but he’s not taking calls. Something is wrong.”

“Maybe he decided to announce it at the closing.”

“I said the same thing to my husband, but he explained it didn’t work that way. Any important news affecting the country is fed to the media early on the first day for dissemination.”

“Maybe Valentino and the princess decided to postpone their wedding for reasons no one knows about. From what I’ve seen of him, he’s a very private person.”

“You’re right, but over the last year he and Vincenzo have grown close. My husband is worried about him. Frankly, so am I.”

That made three of them.

Carolena gripped the phone tighter. She’d told Valentino a relationship with him wouldn’t work, so if he’d decided to call off the wedding, then he did it for reasons that had nothing to do with her. She refused to feel guilty about it, but she’d grown weak as a kitten and was glad she was sitting down.

“I’m sure he’ll get back to Vincenzo as soon as he can. Do you think it’s possible there was some kind of emergency that required his presence at the volcanology lab in Catania?”

“I hadn’t even thought of that. I’ll ask Vincenzo what he thinks.”

For all Carolena knew, Val had returned the boat to Matteo where he could confide in his friend in private before parliament opened.

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