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“Would you have expected me to marry a woman who did not understand or fit the role of princess and future queen?”

“Your brothers weren’t so worried about suitability when they chose their wives,” she reht, I am not my brothers”

“No, you are the crown prince, which means duty must come first, last and alith you”

“You knew this eI expect to be raised as an issue of contention now”

“You don’t expect anything to be raised as an issue of contention”

“How perceptive of you to realize that” He pulled on his black dinner jacket “As scintillating as this conversation is, I o or I will be late”

“Just like that? I fly all the way from Isole dei Re and you walk out on an important conversation because your da to tell this cold-faced stranger anything, much less the intimate details of her latest doctor’s visit?

“Do not swear atto sound shocked

She said a truly foul word “You mean like that?”

“I do not knohat your probleet over it I will be back quite late If you still feel the need to discuss whatever it is you think is so important, we can talk then”

“And if I don’t feel like waiting?”

“You have no choice”

“When have I ever?”

“You made a choice to marrynow, please remember, you have no one but yourself to blame for your circu your promises or your duty as my wife as easily as you did your duties as a princess this , aren’t they?” she asked in a voice filled with angry pain

“No” His gaze seared her “You have personal obligations toto do with your responsibility to the crown”

HeThat aspect of their e was as wrapped up in her role as princess as everything else Because it was supposed to result in an heir to the throne and it wasn’t going to

“Maybe I’ht now”

Fury filled Claudio’s gaze, but his voice was controlled and even when he spoke “I suggest you get sure of theht”