Cinderella's Forbidden Prince by Ruby Basu

Author:Ruby Basu
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-11-15T16:44:31+00:00

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Hours later he was in his garden. He’d rushed through his work with an eagerness which had been missing since he arrived back at the palace. All because of his desire to have a clear plate to go away for the weekend. He would be going regardless of whether Priya wanted to come with him.

His parents had been understanding when he told them his intention. Almost sympathetic. His father had already gone through the same experience so he probably had an idea of how Rohan was feeling.

Rohan glanced at his watch. He’d been waiting in his private garden for ten minutes—he hoped Priya was going to turn up. He’d sent her directions, but what if they weren’t clear enough and she was wandering through the vast grounds of the palace looking for him. He would need to organise a search party unless someone in her team was able to track her.

He should have asked her to share her location with him. He laughed as the thought crossed his mind. That was too close to stalker behaviour.

Priya was probably fine. She was simply running a little late. His wasn’t so high and mighty as a royal he couldn’t wait a few minutes for someone.

‘Sorry, sorry,’ Priya called as she rushed through the door. ‘It took longer to finish things because Mac is still insisting I take the long weekend.’ She smiled, then slowly did a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree turn. ‘This place is beautiful. I haven’t seen some of the trees anywhere before.’

‘It’s become a little wild,’ Rohan admitted. ‘The trees come from different parts of the island, but they were cultivated to grow in this garden. There’s a bench over here. Why don’t we sit down so we can talk?’

‘Of course,’ she replied, following him. But he could see her eyes dart around the garden trying to take everything in.

‘Do you like gardening?’ he asked.

She shrugged. ‘Don’t know. Never had a garden.’

‘Never?’

‘Well, we had a small garden when my mum was alive. But I was too young to have much to do with it at the time. Then it was boarding school. And mine didn’t have a gardening club or anything. Now I live on the third floor of a block of flats. But one day, I’m going to buy a house with a garden.’

It was such a simple goal. One he could help her achieve with the click of his fingers—there were plenty of lovely homes with gardens on Adysara. What other goals and dreams did she have? He wanted to make every dream of hers come true.

‘I think we should go away together this weekend,’ he blurted out.

She whipped round to face him. ‘Pardon?’

‘I want to get away from the palace for a few days. I thought it would be a good opportunity to visit Ajanta and Ellora—tour the caves, examine how the sites have been preserved and generate some ideas which we can implement here. Since you’ve got a few days off too, I thought you might want to come along.

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