The Princess and the Prix (A Princess Affair Novel #2) by Nell Stark

Author:Nell Stark [Stark, Nell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, romance, lesbian, Contemporary, Princess, Royalty, Celebrity, Racing, Formula One
ISBN: 9781626394773
Google: 3bX_CgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B017862E4I
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2015-11-09T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Alix sat in the boardroom, pretending to pay attention when in fact she had lost the thread of the conversation long ago. The Grand Prix was one week away, and last-minute planning was at a fever pitch. Hotel kitchen fires, double-booked mooring pins at the marina, and a water main break downtown were only a few of the inevitable, eleventh hour crises that had begun popping up. Fortunately, every event pertaining to the royal family and the palace was well in order, so Alix didn’t need to scramble.

Surreptitiously checking her phone—though why she still felt the need to be sly when everyone else had them in their hands or out on the table, she didn’t know—Alix reread the last text from Thalia. She was at a café across the street, waiting. As soon as this was over, they would spend the remainder of the daylight hours walking the Grand Prix course. It was a fairly popular activity for tourists, but once the barriers and grandstands began to go up, they were barred from certain sections. She and Thalia wouldn’t have that issue.

She was looking forward to learning Thalia’s perspective on her city. The better Alix knew her, the more she wanted to understand the intricacies of Formula One. After their walk-through, she would be able to picture the circuit through Thalia’s eyes on race day.

When the chairman finally adjourned them, she quickly gathered her belongings and gestured to Claude that she wanted to leave quickly. When the president of the Casino de Monte Carlo tried to stop her, ostensibly to chat about some minor aspect of the Grand Prix weekend, she politely but firmly told him she had a prior appointment.

She found Thalia sitting at an outdoor table. Her lustrous dark hair was pulled back into a ponytail, and she wore a red and white Arizona Cardinals cap. That was apparently an American football team, and both the cap and hairstyle worked well as a disguise. Formula One fans were looking for the version of Thalia they saw before or after a race, or in a grainy illicit photo. This version of her was not that, and Alix much preferred her incognito.

Thalia was looking at something on her phone, and Alix was glad of the opportunity to observe her unawares. Instead of resisting the excited flutter in her chest, she relaxed into her anticipation. As the race drew closer, it would become increasingly difficult to find time to spend together. This afternoon felt like an oasis amid the stormy insanity of the world’s most highly anticipated Grand Prix.

As she drew closer, she noticed that Thalia was drinking only water. The amount of self-restraint that demonstrated was a sign of just how badly she wanted to continue her upward trajectory in Monaco. If Alix were being honest with herself, Thalia’s focus coming into this race rivaled her own as a student. When, weeks ago now, Thalia had apologized to her in the nearby Meridien, Alix had been skeptical of Thalia’s pledge to change her ways.

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