Page 93 of The Heart You Kept

“And cut,” Helene says as she begins to play it back.

Jonty is scrolling through the paper on the front counter. “Oh look. What’s his name broke up with that princess.”

Helene’s and my eyes fly up. “Who?”

“That rich dude that bought the internship.”

“Edward?”

“Yeah, that’s him, Prescott.”

“Let me see.” I storm over and snatch the paper and Helene reads over my shoulder.

The love affair is over between the darlings of Monte Carlo’s social set.

Princess Hermione of Switzerland has reportedly broken up with her billionaire beau, casino mogul Edward Prescott.

Sources say Prescott ended it between them last week and she has officially moved back to Switzerland to nurse her broken heart.

No reason for the split has been revealed as yet, stay tuned on this one.

It’s sure to be juicy.

“Oh my god.” My eyes meet Helene’s. “I knew it,” she mouths.

“No way,” I mouth back.

“What?” Jonty looks between us. “What’s going on?”

“Prescott has the hots for Alora,” she announces. “I bet he left the princess for her.”

“He does not.” I roll my eyes. “There’s no way.”

“The way he looks at you, though.”

“He looks at every female like that,” I huff, and I walk around the store pretending to be busy. “That’s just him and his womanizing ways. He’s a raging sexaholic.”

“Uh-uh.” She shakes her head. “He doesn’t look at me like that. Oh how I wish he did.”

Jonty rolls his eyes, unimpressed. “If he was broke you two wouldn’t even care.”

“His big dick energy has nothing to do with money.” Helene smiles dreamily. “He could live under a bridge and I’d still fangirl over him.”

I get the giggles as I imagine Edward Prescott living under a bridge. “Anyway, who cares about him. We have bigger things to worry about.”

“Like what?”

“Getting ready for market night.”

“Oh yeah.” Helene looks around. “So what are we marking down?”

“Everything.”

DARKNESS

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