The Royal's Baby Proposal
Then she gets a dreamy expression on her face and murmurs, “He prefers ‘girlfriend,’ when we’re in his office or somewhere no one can eavesdrop on us. I use the term la copine. It’s French.”
“His mother was French,” I muse.
“Yes. And since his father is Italian, we interchangeably say la fidanzata.”
I’m liking this more and more.
“And in his native tongue?” I eagerly query.
“La basitonia. The beautiful girl.”
Okay, I plain melt.
I sip some more to try to cover the sudden quivering of my lips. I avert my misty eyes.
Nick has had all of these secretive monikers for me. And he has an assistant who’s been privy to his feelings from the get-go, and who covertly and loyally plays along, so that he
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