trying to take hold of a vapor. But he would try anyway. Would take that moment of near possession over having never come close to it at all.
He’d nearly kissed her once. The night of his father’s death. Ironic, because that was the night he’d accepted the necessity of putting all of his personal desires aside for the sake of his country. His father had done it, had given all, to lead. How could he do less?
“You can’t,” he said, trying to keep his voice light. “Give me one last thrill before I give everything up for God and country.”
“If dinner with me is a thrill, then I suppose I have to oblige you. We did already eat, though. Before the ball. And it’s nearly midnight.”
“Don’t be so practical, Karen. Have a sense of adventure.”
“It’s my job to be practical,” she said. “To keep your life organized and your feet on the ground.”
“Do me a favor,” he said. “Tonight, try not to be so sensible.”
She sucked her full lower lip between her teeth and gnawed it for a moment. The action sent a streak of heat down to his groin. Like an undiluted shot of alcohol rushing straight to his head.
“I’ll do my best.”
And the minute he said that, he knew he was lost. Because if Karen let go, if she stopped being sensible, he had a feeling he might make some very bad decisions tonight.
Karen’s breath left her body in a rush when she walked out onto the empty balcony overlooking the Aegean sea. Lights were strung overhead, lanterns hanging down low over vacant tables.
“How did you arrange this?” she asked.
“I’m a prince, it was no hardship.”
“And the fact that you’re here with a woman who is very much not your fiancée?”
“You’ve been my right hand for four years. Most people are used to seeing you with me at all times.”
“In a closed restaurant?”
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