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Оглавление‘If you are not prepared to consider a normal marriage what are you suggesting?’
‘A total fake,’ Ruby replied without hesitation, a hint of amusement lighting her unusually serious eyes. ‘I marry you, and we make occasional public appearances together to satisfy expectations, but we’re just pretending to be an ordinary married couple.’
The Prince concealed his surprise and mastered his expression, lest he make the mistake of revealing that inflicting such a massive deception on so many people would be abhorrent to his principles. ‘A platonic arrangement?’
Ruby nodded with enthusiasm. ‘No offence intended, but I’m really not into sex.’
I’m really not into sex, she had confided—and, like any man, he was intrigued. Since she could not make such an announcement and still be an innocent, he could only assume that she had suffered from the attentions of at least one clumsy lover. Raja surveyed her with a gleam of sensual speculation in his dark eyes. Far from being an amateur in the same field, he was convinced that, given the right opportunity, he could change her mind on that score …
