Page 46 of The Desert Prince's Jewel

I pout, eyes flicking to the dresser where I’ve hidden a ring, and back to Mateo, who looks like a cornered mouse. I nod. Now isn’t the time. Avani would scold me for proposing to the future king regent of Thar in a hotel room anyway. But soon, on our wedding night, I can’t wait to push my

Again, I’m getting ahead of myself. Tonight. Pretend we only have tonight,I reminded myself with a mental manta I was determined to recite all night.

“Fine, let’s leave before I pin you down and show you how much I love you, too,” I whisper and Mateo pinches my ass.

He loops his arm through my lowered arm, and I kiss the top of his head. Arm-in-arm, Mateo and I step out into the newly renovated hotel wing’s hallway with huge smiles.

When I lost my title, the throne, and all the people I’ve ever loved, I thought it was the end of the world. And now, with my best frenemy to lover by my side, I discovered a new lease on life and a destiny worth fighting for. Who would’ve known in sleepy Princedelphia, while after the Viper’s Stone, I’d find my true love, my fated mate, the most precious jewel in the world?

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The End