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CHAPTER ONE

ALEJANDRO had to be here

Had to be

Because if he wasn’t at Mynt Lounge, South Beach’s trendiest nightclub, he wasn’t in South Beach any longer She’d checked the other clubs first and she knew Alejandro He only did cool He only did chic It was Mynt Lounge or nothing And it had to be here because she had to see him

Ignoring the dozens of young A outside in stiletto heels and skirts so short they barely covered their assets, Princess Emmeline d’Arcy of Brabant stepped fro strand of hair behind her ear She would make Alejandro listen to reason She’d e his mind once he understood as at stake

Her name

Her reputation

And even more importantly, the future and security of their child

Her stomach rose in protest and she willed the nausea to pass She wouldn’t get sick here, not when everything was riding on the next five minutes

Air bottled in her lungs, shoulders squared, Princess Emmeline d’Arcy of the European co the line that snaked around the building and down the side street

Alejandro would honor the promise he’d made her He’d be a man and keep his word He had to

As Emmeline approached the front door, the club bouncer dropped the red velvet rope for her, giving her instant admission into the exclusive club He didn’t know Emmeline personally He had no idea she was a European royal But it was clear to everyone present that she was soe was all about celebrities, htest door policy in all of South Beach

Inside the darkened club, giant stars and irls danced on the bar in nonexistent costuhts flashed behind the DJ and other lights shifted, painting the writhing crowd on the dance floor purple, white and gold, leaving corners shadowy