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‘I will not listen to this foolish nonsense Tourists bring money into the country and naturally, we have to lure the them with the kind of facilities they are used to’

‘Whilst soed hi men do sometimes behave rashly But surely it is our duty to equip our subjects hat they need to move into the twenty-first century? Our schoolchildren cannot learn properly without access to computers, and if we deprive the an underclass within the heart of our country’

‘You dare to lecturebellowed You who turned your back on Niroli to live a life of your own choosing in London?’

'You're the one who has su his voice and deliberately using his childhood pet narandfather in an atteet his grandfather was ninety, yet still i was for Niroli and its people Marco didn't want to upset the king too much

‘Because I had no other choice' Giorgio growled You are my direct heir Marco, for all that you choose to behave like a co House of Niroli At least you had the sense to leave thatthat floozy you were living with behind when you returned home'

Anger flashed in Marco's eyes It was typical of his grandfather to have found out as much about his private life in London as he could It also infuriated hiio should refer to Emily in that way and dismiss their relationship

Worse, it felt as though, sorandfather had touched a raw place within him that he didn't want to adh he didn't want to own up to it he was ht aside So what if he was? Wasn't it only natural that his body, deprived of the sexual pleasure it had shared with hers, should ache a little?

As to e agreed, it was simply that I should initially return to Niroli alone' Marco pointed out

Ier returned What do you mean, "initially"?'

When Marco didn't answer hi her here Marco! I will not allow it You are my heir, and you have a position to maintain The people—'

Marco knew that he should reassure his grandfather and tell hi Emily to Niroli but instead he said coolly The people, our people, will I as to worry about than the fact that I have a s like the fact that ten per cent of them do not have electricity'

‘You are trying totold him sharply Take care Marco, otherwise, you will have people thinking that you are more fitted to be a dissident than a leader To rule, you must co hand The people are your children and need to look up to you as their father, as someone wiser than them’

This was an issue on which he and his grandfather would never see eye to eye Marco knew

‘Eo home? No one else will come into the shop now and you don't have anyon about this, but you really don't look at all well I can lock up the premises for you'

Eht sh she didn't like the fact that the girl had noticed hoell she looked, because she didn't want to have to answer questions about the cause It's kind of you to offer to do that Jemma' she answered, but'

But you're o back to an eh the barriers Emily had tried so desperately to maintain

She could feel betraying tears burning the backs of her eyes She had tried so very hard to pretend that she didn't mind that she and Marco had split up but it was obvious that her assistant hadn't been deceived

It had to end given Marcos royal status' she told Jeht Initially, she had worried about revealing the truth of Marco's real identity But in the end she'd had no need to do so because her assistant had seen one ofin the press about Marco's return to Niroli; raphs of his cavalcade and the croaiting to welcome him ‘I just wish that he had told me the truth about himself Jemma' Emily said in a low voice, unable to conceal her hurt