The Prince's Captive Wife
'She was only seventeen?'
'We're talking ten years ago. I was barely out of my teens myself.'
'Does that make a difference?' The uncrowned king of Aristo stared across his massive desk at his brother, his aquiline face dark with fury. 'Have we not had enough scandal?'
'Not of my making.' Prince Andreas Christos Karedes, third in line to the Crown of Aristo, stood his ground against his older brother with the disdain he always used in this family of testosterone-driven males. His brothers might be acknowledged womanizers, but Andreas made sure his affairs were discreet.
'Until now,' Sebastian said. 'Not counting your singularly spectacular divorce, which had a massive impact. But this is worse. You need to sort it before it explodes over all of us.'
'How the hell can I sort it?'
'Get rid of her.'
'You're not saying…'
Sebastian shook his head, obviously rejecting the idea— though a tinge of regret in his voice said the option wasn't altogether unattractive.
And Andreas even sympathized. Since their father's death, all three brothers had been dragged through the mire of the media spotlight, and the political unrest was threatening to destr ... read full excerpt from: The Prince's Captive Wife ebook
