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She had to work to keep her eyes fro He wanted to take her out? Then she realized his request made sense She’d shown him the school Of course, she was the pri her out

“Then I thought o to a club”

She let her eyes bulge Okay He was asking her out “You want to go clubbing?”

“Don’t you like to dance?”

Her heart tripped over itself in her chest “I love to dance”

He sh Duty supersedes fun Please say you’ll come with me”

“I’d love to”

Though he was in jeans, he looked good enough to eat, so she slithered into her prettiest red party dress, put on her best makeup and slid into tall black sandals

They had dinner at the local Italian restaurant, with his bodyguards unobtrusively eating at the tables beside theirs, then they actually got on his royal jet and flew to LA, where they’d danced until three He should have dropped her off at her building lobby Instead, he came up to her condo, and the few kisses they’d shared in his li The best sex of her life She’d kissed hioodbye at the door in her one and only fancy robe—which she’d retrieved from her closet when he made the call to his driver that he was ready Then just when she was about to shower for school again, he called her

“Thank you”

The sweetness of his words caused her throat to tighten Her voice was soft and breathless when she said, “You’re welcome”

“I’ain”

“Me, too”

But in a way she wasn’t She’d had a wonderful fairy-tale night with a prince, so she could hold in her heart forever There would be no need to worry if he would be a good king or a bad king; no need to know if he did stupid things like hog the bathroom; no need to worry if the stress of his job would make him an alcoholic, as her dad had been No need to know the real Prince Dominic Sancho

There had been one glorious, wonderful night No regrets and no worries about the future The way she liked all her relationships