Page 12 of The Bad Boy Prince in Love
“Yes, but it’s not what you think.”
“How do you know what I think?”he teased.
Clearly, this was not going to be easy.He was completely out of control.
“Let’s go for a walk,” Hallie suggested.
“A walk, that’s not ominous at all.”
But he got out of the truck, walking stiffly at first after the long drive.
They passed the barn and started down the long path through the pasture where a few cows roamed.It was the middle of the afternoon, but not quite as cooking as it had been recently.Hallie could smell fall in the air.
“The thing is, Luke,” she began, “you’ve been very flirty and...”
“I think I know what’s happening here,” Luke said, pointing a finger at her nose.“You’re intimidated by me.You’re pretty young, and you probably haven’t had a chance to date a sophisticated city guy.Let me assure you, I can be down-to-earth and approachable.”
Hallie stifled a laugh at his presumptuousness.“You’re very full of yourself, but I think you may have the wrong idea here.”
Luke stared at her for a moment.“I’m confused.You picked me up off the street because you thought I was homeless...or attractive?Or homeless and attractive?But now you don’t want me!”
Three years ago, maybe she would have been charmed by a guy like him.He was good-looking and sophisticated, and he was at least pretending to be interested in her.But her heart had been toyed with once, and it wouldn’t happen again.
She wasn’t going to let anyone lead her on, but she wasn’t going to lead him on either.Hallie didn’t want to do this, but she decided to rip off the bandaid, so to speak.
She had all of his attention as he gazed down at her, his arms folded in front of his imposing body, although he didn’t seem to take anything she said seriously.
“Okay, I’m going to tell you the truth.”Hallie took a deep breath...
Chapter 6: A Royal Prince Rejected?
This woman was in overher head, Luke could tell.Though he couldn’t quite understand why she bothered to bring him here only to discard him.
“Luke, you’re a nice guy,” she said, “more or less.I’m sorry to have to break this to you, but when I picked you up, I wanted you topretendto be my boyfriend.It was just to make my parents happy so they would get off my case, you know?”
He stood there for a while, blinking in the bright sunlight.He had expected her to tell him to take it slow, but this?...
