Novel-novel oleh maryviannaugwunali

CHAPTER FIVE Rafael was in his bedroom,the phone rang in his ear.He stood with one extended, resting his hand on the folded wooden sash window, from where he stood,he could see the gardens.At the other end of the phone line, Rafael's brother was speaking.What do you mean,she won't give him up? She's nothing more than his aunt, what right does she have?‘A watertight legal one's, replied Rafael dryly.There was a pause . Then Luca spoke.‘she wants more money,I get it?’. His voice was sharp.‘The boy is only her nephew’, his brother insisted.‘She raised him as her son, and he regards her as his mother. Which legally,she is.She adopted him at birth and if she does not want to part with him,we have to accept that’.There's nothing we can do about that. We may not like it, but that's the way it is.Our only way forward is for her to live in San Valderra with the boy.I have to persuade her of that, and I will do my best to do so.I'll report back to our father,he won't like that bu

CHAPTER FOUR Elena walked into the breakfast room and stopped immediately. Prince Rafael was sitting at the table. I'mShe'd absolutely no idea that he was here.At her side, Ben showed on pleasure.‘Tio Rafael! You came back’.Ben's expression perked expectantly.‘Will you play with me ?’‘After breakfast. Would you like to go swimming with me later?’‘Yes , please’.‘Good .well, let's have breakfast first,shall we?Elena watched as Ben took chatted to his uncle, Tension laced through her instantly.He must have arrived last night,she had heard nothing.But now, with Prince Rafael sitting at the head of the breakfast table,it all suddenly seemed horribly real again.Her eyes has gone to him immediately as she'd entered the room. He was the kind of man that drew all eyes instantly.‘There is a problem ‘The accented voice was cool . Elena realized that Prince Rafael was looking at her. ‘Why are you here? Has something happened?Her voice sounded abrupt, she didn't care.He looked a

CHAPTER THREE Good morning ’Rafael walked into the living room. Ben was sitting on the floor in the middle of the room occupied with a pile of brightly coloured bricks. His aunt was beside him,he modded to her greetings and turned his attention back to Ben.‘What are you making? he asked his nephew.The tallest tower in the world’.Ben announced.Rafael hovered around his nephew, taking notice of the way his aunt immediately shrank away Elena moved backwards across and lifted herself into a nearby armchair.she has hoped,at the fact that she and Ben would have the breakfast room to themselves,that it meant prince Rafael had gone.She wished he had.She felt awkward with him there, Even without a drop of royal blood in him,he would have been impossible to ignore.By day,he seemed taller and his dashing looks automatically drew her attention. He was wearing jeans, open- necked shirt, clearly handmade.Immediately she felt the full force of how shabbily she was dressed.At least, apart

CHAPTER TWOShe felt the room start to swirl around her. instinctively,she grabbed the edge of the kitchen table and clung on to it.Not true It was not true what this man had just said,it was absurd, stupid and impossible. Then she steadied herself, and made herself to look across at the man who had just said such an impossible thing.He had just said that Ben's father had been the son of a….,she forced her mind to say it..the son of the prince of Valderra.But he had said he was Ben's uncle, He's dead father's brother. which meant that his father was also a prince.‘I am Rafael Valderra ‘,he enlightened her.Do you really know who I am ? There was almost curiosity in his voice.‘Off course I don't fuckingly know ‘.The worst burst from her mouth without her thinking.‘ I'm sorry,I didn't mean to speak rudely.‘I find this very hard to understand,I have many questions to ask and I also need time to come to terms with this.She looked at him directly, refusing to look away.Long sexy l

CHAPTER ONE“OH My darling,oh my darling,Benjy is mine , you're mucky,oh,so it's Benjy's bathe -time.Elena chirrruped away, pushing the laden buggy along the narrow country lane as dusk gathered.crows were crowing overhead in in the trees near the top of the heel, and the last light of day dwindled in the west , towards the sea.It was only late spring and the primoses gleamed palely on the veggies and clustered on the green grass .The upper part was made of stunted beech,it's branches moved by the prevailing west wind which was combing along the lane and whipping her hair into a frizz , though she fastened it back as tightly as she could.But what did she care about her awful hair, charity clothes and her total pale looks?,Ben didn't, and he was all she cared about in this world.“Not mucky , mummy.Sandy’,Ben corrected her.Keep singing’,Ben instructed.She obeyed. At least Ben was an uncritical audience,she has no singing voice at all,she knew but for her five- years old son, that