Honeymoon With a Prince (Royal Scandals) by Burnham Nicole

Author:Burnham, Nicole [Burnham, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

He needed his head examined.

Massimo stretched his arms overhead and yawned, then reluctantly returned his attention to the thick stack of papers and shiny brochures that had been delivered to his suite over the course of the afternoon. His sister sent over the profiles of three stylists along with her personal comments about who might work best with Massimo given what she knew of them. Briefs on political, economic, and charitable issues involving the royal family arrived from both his father’s and his mother’s offices. His mother followed up less than an hour later by offering once again to have advisers update him verbally if that would be easier than wading through the briefs. Massimo glanced at the towering pile of documents and weighed reading them against feigning interest while listening to the endless drone of a policy wonk. He doubted there was a right choice. Either would require a fistful of aspirin.

On the bright side, Vittorio had called and offered the services of his own personal assistant until Massimo hired an assistant of his own, saying she’d be happy to arrange Massimo’s schedule and set up the interviews for him, a thankless task for which he planned to send her a generous bouquet of flowers. Then, of course, Vittorio asked again about Kelly. Massimo kept his response nonchalant, telling Vittorio he’d fill him in later, in person. By that point, perhaps there’d be progress on the closet and Vittorio would let the issue rest.

While he was on the phone with Vittorio, the queen left a message asking if Massimo wanted suggestions for decorators, saying that when she returned to the palace following the athletic center opening, she’d be happy to e-mail the names and contact information for those who’d previously worked in the palace. She also had recommendations from friends of hers who, in her words, “have aesthetic sensibilities similar to yours.”

Did he have aesthetic sensibilities? He supposed he did, if having an I-know-what-I-like-when-I-see-it attitude counted. He wasn’t sure how his mother reconciled that with her friends’ opinions on home decor.

He shoved aside the stylists’ resumes. More coffee was in order if he was going to make sense of them. He walked to his kitchen and filled the chamber of the coffeemaker with water, then clicked it to life. As he located a mug and a packet of sugar, he wondered how Kelly managed to stay awake all afternoon. Or if she had. The head of housekeeping notified him that the guest suites were full for once, given the number of dignitaries visiting Sarcaccia for the upcoming Independence Day celebrations, but she had Prince Stefano’s permission to house any additional guests in his suite, which was next door to Massimo’s. She offered to put Kelly there, if that was fine with Massimo, pointing out that it would give the new closet organizer easy access to his apartment.

Of course, he’d said yes. And of course, while standing in the closet doorway writing out the promised inventory of its contents

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