Royal Marriage Market by Heather Lyons

Author:Heather Lyons [Lyons, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1230000792608
Amazon: B0182YVU0O
Publisher: Cerulean Books
Published: 2015-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

chapter 29

Christian

“The She-Wolf will either be shagging somebody or be too blitzed out of her mind to notice,” Lukas says as he pops the tops of the beers he smuggled into our room. “So you don’t need to worry about Prince Perfect tonight.”

“Believe me,” I say dryly, “that’s the last thing on my mind. But it doesn’t matter, anyway. I won’t be at the pool with the rest of you.”

He passes over one of the beers; it’s weak and pale, but better than the piss the She-Wolf has provided us. “Which means you’ll be somewhere else, right?”

Hell yeah, I will.

“With Parker?”

“There was that event for private secretaries tonight, remember? Chances are, he’s probably on his cot, passed out from the amount of booze consumed.”

But Lukas is a dog with a bone. “Okay, bro. It’s just us right now. Where in the hell are you sneaking off to in the dark of night?”

I take a long drag from the bottle. “I’m surprised you notice. Most of the time you’re not even here.”

He grins, dropping into one of the chairs across from me. “I’m not Prince Perfect.” Then he tsks, the grin widening. “No avoiding the question, Chris. Have you at least hooked up with some of the girls?”

I take another sip and lean forward, dangling the bottle between my legs. “Is that what you’re doing, Luk? Hooking up?”

“If I’ve got to be part of this farce, I might as well enjoy myself.” He angles his drink in my direction. “You’re avoiding again.”

Part of me doesn’t want to tell him anything, because it’s none of his business. But there’s also no way it’ll ever get back to the She-Wolf, as Lukas has just as many heart-to-hearts with her as I do. “Fine. I’ve been spending time with someone.”

He slaps his knee. Looks pissed. “It’s that Vattenguldian girl, isn’t it?”

Am I really so transparent? “Actually,” I say slowly, “it is.”

“Are you fucking kidding me? Have you lost your mind? Why in the world would you hook up with her?”

I’m taken aback by the level of disgust in his voice. I’m also not down with how he makes it sound like I’m making a horrible choice when I already know just how messy the situation is. But it’s my mistake to make. And now I’m pissed at my brother, because nobody is going to malign Elsa in my presence. Nobody. “Excuse me?”

He shakes his head. “I can’t believe you caved so quickly to the She-Wolf’s demands. Weren’t you just the one who insisted I take a stand?”

Before I can say anything, he continues, “I admit the Vattenguldian spare is a looker, but Jesus, Chris. I could have sworn you wanted nothing to do with her. When you’re together, you act as if she has a contagious disease. And now you’re hooking up with her? What gives?”

He’s talking about Isabelle. Thankfully, I don’t have to knock some sense into him. “You’re talking out of your arse. When have I ever given any indication I’m interested in that woman?”

He blinks in confusion.

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