Page 33 of Royal Fling
I may not have been ready to give up my life here just yet, but I knew my time of relative freedom was coming to an end.
But the thought of never walking out on my own again, or flying commercial, or hooking up in bars gave me a headache and a stomachache.
And Luke.
I’d only just got him. I couldn’t give him up yet. I needed more time. I needed more of him.
“I’ll tie up affairs here and make my way back,” I said. “Just… just give me until the end of the summer.”
My mother closed her mouth and smiled. She came up to me and embraced me before turning and opening the office door.
“I’ll be heading back this evening. Before I go, I’d love us to have lunch together.”
I nodded and she left the office. But even with her out of sight, the only thing I could think about was how limited my time here was.
At least I had a summer to spend with Luke. If he wanted to.
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Luke
“So, dear Auggie is a prince,” I said to Fisayo when I walked into the kitchen.
She was standing at the stove, frying pan in one hand and ladle in her other, and the waft of freshly made pancakes assaulted my senses.
“He told you?” she asks.
“Not really,” I said.
“How did you find out?”
Fisayo put the ladle down and turned to look at me.
I paused at the doorway and hummed, trying to come up with anything but the truth.
“I heard one of the maids call him Your Highness,” I said.
There. That wasn’t a lie. Just because I was in the same room as Auggie when I heard it didn’t mean I was lying. Omitting, more like.
“I see,” she said. “I would have told you, but he likes having his priv—”
I raised my hand to stop her and came closer to her.
“That’s okay. He’s your boss. I understand.”
“He’s more than a boss. He’s like a child to me. All of his brothers and sisters are,” she said.
“And that’s exactly why you don’t have to apologize. It-it just took me by surprise. That’s all. I’ve never met a real prince before.”
Fisayo smirked and flipped the pancake.
“Many people haven’t. I hadn’t until I started working for the family.”
I watched her put another spoonful of batter in the pan and crossed my arms in thought.
“Howdidyou end up working for the royal family of Elysia? Do you speak any Greek?”
“I didn’t. But I spoke English and any Greek, I learned over the years.” I nodded and she continued. “And as for how, when I moved to the island under the government scheme, I got to work in all kinds of jobs and then I was recruited by a nanny agency and the rest is history, I guess.”
