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He’d Googled it

“Who is she, then?”

“Who is who?” he asked, taking one last drink, watching the way she took a deep breath and the affect it had on her breasts He forced his eyes north—and caught her watching him with that same intense scrutiny

“The lucky princess your father picked out” She stole a quick glance at him then stole the bottle She sed ait and tucking it away “The one ill bring th to your country, as well as herself”

“Her nah his hair, blinking as the world around her was spinning a little bit That hadn’t taken long at all Clearly, he was losing his touch “She’s nice enough, I suppose, but there’s nothing there I told you, unless you’re a fan of shoes, you won’t have much in common And there’s no chemistry”

“What do you htly

“She doesn’ther Kissing her Having her” He hesitated but then reached out, caressing her cheek Her eyelids drifted shut, and her lips parted on a sigh, and he trailed his fingers over her jaw “She doesn’t pullmore than a sarcastic comment that’s meant to tear me to shreds but really only ”

A small breath left her lips, and she swayed closer “Leo…”

He ran his fingers down her arm “She doesn’t make me feel like this”

Curling his other hand around the back of her neck, he leaned in, seconds froainst his She let out aherself over to him, but her eyes flew open as the car stopped The second she realized how close he was to kissing her, she lurched back, breathing heavily, and touched her fingers to her un-kissed lips

She dropped her hand to her lap and took a long, drawn out breath “Well, I’m sure she’s lovely, anyway”

“Yeah” He clenched his jaw, knowing that if that car hadn’t stopped, she’d be in his arot all about Princess Genevieve “Lovely”

Chapter Ten

Desperate to look at anything other than Leo, and the passion in his eyes that threatened to consulanced out theThey’d pulled over to the curb in front of an ice cream shop God knew she could use soh her body at that almost-kiss

“Alicia, I—”