The Playboy Prince and the Nanny by Donna Alward

Author:Donna Alward
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

CHAPTER TEN

He carried a tray in his hand, and the smell coming from the covered dish was delectable. Her stomach growled but she ignored it.

Stephani had just told her she thought Diego was really lonely. Hadn’t he said something similar, that first night he’d found her by the fountain? It seemed so long ago now, instead of just a matter of weeks.

He’d been angry with her this afternoon. And yet here he was, at her door, bearing what appeared to be a late dinner.

“May I come in?” he said quietly.

“Of course you can.” She stepped aside. She wished she could still be angry at him for what he’d done today, but she couldn’t. Time and a nap had cleared her mind a bit. And while she might not say it out loud, she was very aware that her annoyance was at herself, for feeling such a weakness for him, as well as humiliation for getting herself in an awkward position in the first place.

This was not her world. And yet Diego made sure she was looked after. Protected.

Fed.

“What’s in the dish?” she asked, following him into the suite.

“Oh, Humble Pie, I would imagine,” he said dryly, then smiled at her. “I asked in the kitchen. You didn’t go down for dinner.”

She shook her head. “I think I had some heat stroke. I didn’t feel well, so I took a nap. And Stephani came by with some water and pills for my headache, and aloe for the burn.”

His gaze ran over her arms, cheeks, and chest. “Have you put any on yet?”

“No. And I will, but honest to God, you’ve got to let me at that food. I’m starving. I haven’t eaten all day. Not since a pastry and coffee this morning.”

He whipped off the lid and revealed a steaming bowl of some sort of stew.

She sat at the table and gestured to the chair beside her. “Have a seat. I take it you’re going to join me in the wine?”

“If you want. I can leave you, if you like. I know you’re not happy with me.”

She’d taken a large, succulent bite of spicy shrimp, and she savored it before she answered. “I’m not mad anymore. Not at you, anyway.”

“I should have told you,” he admitted. “I set it up with the security team the day after our picture got into the paper. I didn’t want you to get caught off guard by the press or anyone else. But not telling you was wrong.”

“It was, but I can forgive it. I know you were just trying to protect me. This is all new to me, that’s all. And you came striding across the sand when I was feeling tired, and cranky, and foolish.” It was all she was willing to admit, but it was the truth.

“Maybe next time you can take a friend.”

Rose laughed. “A friend? I’m friendly with the staff, I suppose. But I don’t have friends, not . . . not a girlfriend.” Not like she’d had back in England.

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