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Distractedly, she shook her head ‘I don’t want to sit down!’

He let that go For now Was the frustration of being apart soto her as much as it was to hiive her discourtesy—but she would have to learn soon enough that he would not tolerate being spoken to like that Not even by his wife ‘So has upset you?’

‘I won’t change my name!’

He laid down his fountain pen and studied her, a nerve beginning to work in his cheek ‘You have interruptedschedule to talk to me about a name?’ he questioned in disbelief

Couldn’t he see that it waslike a puppet which was having its strings jerked—and that now even her identity had been torn froe it, Xaviero’

‘It is not a question of choice You must’

‘Must?’

Compliance had been one of the main reasons he had selected her as his wife—but she was displaying none of that compliance now Xaviero’s mouth hardened If she was to learn the hard lesson of obedience to her royal husband, then was it not better she did so as soon as possible?

‘Yes,out its silent, flashing demand ‘Which part of the word don’t you understand?’

Cathy flinched ‘A—but that was less to do with her sudden sense of powerlessness andfroolden eyes ‘Am I allowed to knohy?’

He didn’t want to hurt her, but she had pushed hiain ‘Because Catherine is the name of a possible future Queen, while “Cathy” is the name of a—’