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over the din of all of the other silly questions.
So, they thought she had either suffered a drug overdose, was battered by a lover or perhaps her father, or she had given birth to a secret child. Did any of them remember the fact that she had just run a marathon before she’d disappeared? It was pretty hard to run twenty-six point two miles when pregnant or on a drug high.
Instead of dignifying any of their off-the-wall questions, she simply walked through the gates of the palace with her head held high and a secret smile hiding the love and excitement that she was feeling.
Her first priority was to find her father and find out what had happened over the past three months. Hopefully they had figured out who had been sending all of those disgusting kidnapping threats. She couldn’t even be angry about those any longer because, first of all, she had been allowed to participate in an activity that she never would have been able to do had she been able to maintain her responsibilities for the government over the past three months. But best of all, she never would have met Zoran. Her love for that man swelled within her, and she felt in her pocket for the diamond ring that he had slipped on her finger only moments before she’d stepped onto a plane.
How he had discovered her departure time, not to mention which airport she was flying out of was a mystery. But she didn’t care. That diamond ring signified that he was serious about his question from early this morning. He wanted to marry her! And she’d said yes! As if there could be any other answer.
Goodness, what a shocking change that had occurred over the past seven days. She’d met a man, fallen in love, and become engaged all within the past seven days. Never would she have thought this was possible. Her life before last week had been so predictable, so dull and tedious. She’d accepted her role, knew that she was an important member of this government. But she’d never had any excitement in her life, not in the way that Zoran gave her excitement every time he looked at her or touched her.
Ciara almost tripped over nothing as she thought back to the nights in Zoran’s arms. She shook her head and looked around, hoping none of the other palace staff had noticed her misstep. It would be hard to explain how she’d tripped just thinking about a man from another country.
She had to get her mind off of the way that she felt when Zoran was close to her. She had to be cautious about all of this in order to convince her father that it was a good thing that she was going to marry Zoran. Hopefully, he hadn’t started negotiations for any other marriage for her. If he had, she would just have to convince him that this was a better alliance.
“Hello, Father,” she said as she stepped into the salon where they normally had drinks before dinner. “Hello, Mother,” she said and bent low to give her mother a kiss on her cheek.
Her mother looked up at her beautiful daughter, knowing that something had changed. “What’s going on?” her mother asked immediately.
Ciara laughed softly as she accepted the drink that the servant handed to her. “Thank you so much for this,” she said to the servant. “Would you mind stepping out of the room for just a moment?” She turned to her mother and father with excitement in her soft, brown eyes. “I have something that I need to discuss with both of you. And it needs to be deliberated in private.”
The doors to the salon were immediately closed behind the servant who had been preparing the drinks. When they were finally alone, Ciara turned to her parents and looked at them with all of the love she felt for Zoran shining through in her eyes. “I met a man, and I fell in love with him.”
There was a tense silence for a long moment as her mother and father stared at her. The silence stretched out, her parents looking towards each other, then back at Ciara as their mouths fell open. “Tell me you are joking,” her
So, they thought she had either suffered a drug overdose, was battered by a lover or perhaps her father, or she had given birth to a secret child. Did any of them remember the fact that she had just run a marathon before she’d disappeared? It was pretty hard to run twenty-six point two miles when pregnant or on a drug high.
Instead of dignifying any of their off-the-wall questions, she simply walked through the gates of the palace with her head held high and a secret smile hiding the love and excitement that she was feeling.
Her first priority was to find her father and find out what had happened over the past three months. Hopefully they had figured out who had been sending all of those disgusting kidnapping threats. She couldn’t even be angry about those any longer because, first of all, she had been allowed to participate in an activity that she never would have been able to do had she been able to maintain her responsibilities for the government over the past three months. But best of all, she never would have met Zoran. Her love for that man swelled within her, and she felt in her pocket for the diamond ring that he had slipped on her finger only moments before she’d stepped onto a plane.
How he had discovered her departure time, not to mention which airport she was flying out of was a mystery. But she didn’t care. That diamond ring signified that he was serious about his question from early this morning. He wanted to marry her! And she’d said yes! As if there could be any other answer.
Goodness, what a shocking change that had occurred over the past seven days. She’d met a man, fallen in love, and become engaged all within the past seven days. Never would she have thought this was possible. Her life before last week had been so predictable, so dull and tedious. She’d accepted her role, knew that she was an important member of this government. But she’d never had any excitement in her life, not in the way that Zoran gave her excitement every time he looked at her or touched her.
Ciara almost tripped over nothing as she thought back to the nights in Zoran’s arms. She shook her head and looked around, hoping none of the other palace staff had noticed her misstep. It would be hard to explain how she’d tripped just thinking about a man from another country.
She had to get her mind off of the way that she felt when Zoran was close to her. She had to be cautious about all of this in order to convince her father that it was a good thing that she was going to marry Zoran. Hopefully, he hadn’t started negotiations for any other marriage for her. If he had, she would just have to convince him that this was a better alliance.
“Hello, Father,” she said as she stepped into the salon where they normally had drinks before dinner. “Hello, Mother,” she said and bent low to give her mother a kiss on her cheek.
Her mother looked up at her beautiful daughter, knowing that something had changed. “What’s going on?” her mother asked immediately.
Ciara laughed softly as she accepted the drink that the servant handed to her. “Thank you so much for this,” she said to the servant. “Would you mind stepping out of the room for just a moment?” She turned to her mother and father with excitement in her soft, brown eyes. “I have something that I need to discuss with both of you. And it needs to be deliberated in private.”
The doors to the salon were immediately closed behind the servant who had been preparing the drinks. When they were finally alone, Ciara turned to her parents and looked at them with all of the love she felt for Zoran shining through in her eyes. “I met a man, and I fell in love with him.”
There was a tense silence for a long moment as her mother and father stared at her. The silence stretched out, her parents looking towards each other, then back at Ciara as their mouths fell open. “Tell me you are joking,” her
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