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“A princess,” he repeated numbly.

Lucas pulled his eyebrows into a scowl and swallowed his astonishment. “Well, now. I guess that explains a few things,” he said gruffly. “The tabloid photographer. The bodyguard. The kidnap attempt. The alias.”

She regarded him solemnly. “You said I’d cause you trouble and now you’re thinking you were right, aren’t you, Lucas?”

Her true identity would take a bit of digesting, but he knew that now was not the time to make an issue of her royal bloodlines. The look in her eyes told him she was worried about his reaction, that her feelings were hanging on her sleeve.

“I was thinking I’d never kissed a princess before today.” He pulled her gently into his arms. “And that I’d like very much to do it again.”