The Royal Rogue by Halle Karina

Author:Halle, Karina
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2019-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Orlando

“What was your saying again?” I hear Stella yell from the kitchen. “Never trust a man who doesn’t like cats?”

“You remembered,” I comment. “I’m very impressed.”

She grunts something in response and I go around the corner into the kitchen to see coffee grounds spilled absolutely everywhere. On the floor, on the counter, in the sink.

“What the hell did you do?”

“Me?” she snaps, angrily wiping away the hair that’s fallen in her face. “This is your damn cat’s fault.”

“Sir Mokey did this?”

“Oh, it’s Sir Mokey now?” she comments, shaking her head. She tears off paper towels and attempts to clean up. “The cat got knighted?”

“Hey baby mama,” I say, coming over to her and taking the paper towel out of her hands. “You go relax. I’ll take care of this. And the cat.”

She makes a feeble sound in response and then walks off to the living area where she collapses on the couch in a huff.

We’ve been at the compound in Cyprus for three days now and have plans to go back tomorrow. I’m not really sure what’s on our agenda, other than I’m going back to Monaco (with Sir Mokey) and she’s going to England. The last few days we’ve talked about everything under the sun, but the complexity of our personal situation doesn’t seem to be any clearer.

All I know is that I don’t want to be apart from her. I would rather go back with her to England and meet Anya and help her with every step of this pregnancy.

But I also know that’s going to be tricky when it comes to me and Zoya—I’m not even sure if I’ll ever tell her the truth at this point. On top of that, I don’t know if Stella even wants me in her life after this. She seems so adamant that she can handle it all herself, without any help or input from me, and while I respect and admire how strong she’s being, she doesn’t realize how much I want to be there for her and the baby.

It’s surprising even to myself.

Maybe this is just what happens when you become a father (or future father or baby daddy or however else I’m supposed to describe myself these days). Your instincts kick in. You want to be involved, you want to be able to watch over the mother to protect the baby. Either way, I’m feeling drawn to Stella in an even more magnetic way than before.

I just want to take care of her, be with her, as much as I can.

And I’m not sure our lives will let that happen.

I exhale loudly through my nose, trying to work through it, then I clean up the kitchen. I’m really not sure how the cat managed to get inside, let alone tear apart the bag of coffee. I’ve been pretty good about obeying Stella’s wishes regarding Sir Mokey.

When I’m done cleaning it up, I go back to the sitting room.

“All clear.”

“Well, where is the cat?” she asks, looking around her warily.

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