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His Royal Highness Alexander Patrick Fitzwilliam, the Duke of D’Lynsal and heir to the crown of Lilaria, was the oldest child at twenty-seven with a younger brother, Maxwell Jameson Trevor, and a sister named Catherine Marie Rose I clicked on the tab for Alex and read about his schooling, charities, and hobbies I chuckled at the thought of hiain, I re hands and decided it made perfect sense There were several pictures of him alone, professional shots, and so with children

I went back to the h some of the other royals I stopped on Rousseau in surprise Surely they wouldn’t have oodness there was no picture, but , and honors were listed There was a short explanation aboutreinstatement, but not a date I was the twenty-fourth person in line for the crown I almost shit ht and barked a laugh I was in line for the crown May every soul ahead ofand prosperous life because that was not so I would ever want

Below my information was a beautiful black-and-white picture of ers over the screen and wondered where they had found the iled as if araphy and a list of her publications were listed below the picture It was a slad they had included her on the list

I left that page and looked back through the other nah a list of charities the family was involved in and at pictures of state events Jess deserved so like an idiot in my jeans and boots Thankfully, from what I could tell, my new clothes would fit in perfectly The site didn’t really offer too h the other search results

After a while I gave in to my impulses and typed Alex’s naretted it Headlines about a sex scandal popped up, links to stories about women he could be tied to, and speculation about what royal he would eventually marry There were stories with the words player, model, stud, betrayal, and heartbreak in the titles Like watching a train wreck, es icon Maybe it was a sick impulse to torture myself or the need to make him feel even more unattainable, but I clicked on the link

There are soes of Alex in bed with another woman were on the top of that list His bare back with sheets barely covering his hps and the look on the woman’s face would forever be etched intooff her clothes while he watched fro on top of hi a different bra It h to push et up and pace around the room I counted to ten And then to twenty I closed my eyes and scrubbed at my lids with the palms of my hands I needed to calm down and think about this rationally I kneas a flirt and of course he had been with other wouys before Alex and I hadn’t shared anything but a couple of kisses And yet… and yet, it still bothered rabbed the computer off the bed and started to close all the s, but a headline grabbed e letters over one of the pictures that thankfully had the more indecent parts fuzzed out I needed to know, needed to see if this was so important Maybe I just hoped it was important

Prince Alex D’Lynsal of Lilaria is currently in a legal battle over pictures that were sold by an on-again, off-again ex-lover In an official press release, the prince clairaphs had been taken without his permission and then used as blackmail The royal family of Lilaria has taken a firm stance on the matter and refuses to answer any questions by the press

It’s been speculated that the wo to force the prince into e, but we’ve found no infor is clear--the former model has made a name for herself She announced on a national television show that several publishing and production companies had offered her money for her story It remains to be seen if any of those deals come to fruition

I sat back away from the computer and chewed on my thumbnail If the press release from Alex was true, this Melissa wo up to find pictures ofIt must’ve been a terrible day--to have your personal bits flashed all over for the world to see I checked the date on the article and sighed Six s to see if there was any recent information There wasn’t es or stories about Alex until he came to the States A few stories with pictures of us on campus or at the restaurant It made my stomach turn They talked about him like he wasn’t a real person, as if he shouldn’t care what they said about hi jealous, I just felt sick for Alex

The thought of searching for my own name crossed my mind, but I quickly dismissed it Just the idea made me shudder I closed the laptop and stuck it in , I tried to turnabout the pictures and how terrible it was to ies of your inti onto et more comfortable