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I narrow my eyes and take two steps towards hi his "You telling ne at Prince Henry and Lady Sarah’s ball, coot to take the chance to move up e can And you hit the jackpot I say enjoy it, for however long it lasts"

My first instinct is to punch him in the mouth--knock him out cold But I see his face, and it’s stupidly sincere Congratulatory He’s not trying to be a dickheadand somehow that makes it worse

Ellie’s door is open I close it and lock it behindthe rain pour down The sky is an angry gray, and the cool wind blows the curtains and lifts the honey-toned tendrils of Ellie’s hair

She seems unusually cal

I come up behind her, slide ainst my chest I kiss her temple and smell the rain on her skin--fresh and clean

"What are you doing?" I ask

"Watching the storaze at her face "Breathtaking"

She sht? After your chat with the Queen?"

Ellie turns her eyes back to the sky "I’uess Nicholas doesn’t call her a battle-axe for nothing, huh?"

"No" I chuckle "It’s a well-earned nicknas I should say, things we should talk about, but right now I crave her I want to hold her, feel her, beneath me and all around

"I’m mad for you, Ellie Gone for you I want you sohers around my neck And her sweet blue eyes are liquid with the saan I’ht here," she says softly "I’m yours"

I kiss her slow and deep And I don’t stop,her to the bed, lay her down and peel the sweater and leggings from her body

Ellie watches aze followsme, as I unbuttonher eyes, I come to her on the bed, bare in every way

And with the wind and rain raging outside, Ellie and I e, our own paradise She s to me I hold her so close as I stroke slowly inside her, whispering tender words and sacred pro, it feels like our souls have too

When she told , it was the first time anyone had ever said those words to me The only time And it’s so precious to me, she is so precious to ether, co at the same time It feels exquisite, it feels like love What I have with Ellie, e’veood and true

THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE crazy, difficult I used to think I was accustomed to the press, to the bullshit stories they pull out of thin air But this is another level of an’s house--on the sidewalk, waiting for one of us to show up What used to be his private sanctuary has turned into a circus, a freak show

They follow us everywhere Logan alht at the flea market, when a paparazzo makes a nasty co us that stopped hian throws hi out so beautifully One ti for his next career, only half teasing But he didn’t answer I think he’s struggling with leaving his position, that it’s turned out to be harder than he thought Whenever we’re out in public, he’s tense and quiet--not that he was Mr Chatterbox before But at night, at the palace where we’ve been sleeping, e make love--then I feel him He looks at me with the eyes I know, smiles and whispers and kisses me like the man I love

In those moments, when it’s just him and me, and the rest of the world doesn’t exist, we’re perfect And happy And I catch a glih this gauntlet

A week later, the day of Henry and Sarah’s celebration ball arrives Aarden nuptials, and I’s just to them They don’t have to share it with the world

The ball will be ether I can’t wait to be on his ar slinky gown the color of sea-glass in the sun, that plue and shows off my ass Move over Elliesweettits--once Twitter sees photos ofworld-wide Not that I actually care, the only place I want to be trending is in Logan St Jahty fantasies