The Greek Billionaire's Innocent Rrincess(20)

to see him again. She could never risk him discovering her true identity. It was far better that he

believed he’d had a one-night stand with a lowly domestic assistant called Rina—and for her to

forget she had ever met him.





CHAPTER FIVE


IN THEdays following the royal ball Kitty did her best to banish Nikos from her mind—but

failed hopelessly. Every time she closed her eyes she saw his face, and at night she dreamed she

was in his arms, their bodies intimately entwined.



Sexual frustration was a new and unwelcome experience, but soon another reason kept her

awake until the early hours. Her period was late— and she had always been as regular as

clockwork. As the days passed with no sign that would put her mind at rest she acknowledged

that it was no good trying to ignore her fears. But buying a pregnancy-test kit was no simple task

for a member of the ruling family of Aristo. She was one of the lesser-known royals, but she

couldn’t just waltz into a chemist and brazenly buy a kit.



Eventually she drove into the centre of Ellos, Aristo’s thriving capital city, and, hiding behind

large sunglasses and an oversized sunhat, bought a kit from a busy outlet before swiftly leaving

the shop, terrified that someone had recognised her. The test result was horribly predictable, and

at the same time utterly shocking, and two weeks after the royal ball she stood in her bathroom

and stared numbly at the blue line that had appeared on the pregnancy kit, wondering if the

churning sensation in her stomach was caused by fear, or whether it was the first physical

indication that she was expecting Nikos’s baby. How could it be possible? she thought

despairingly. Nikos had used protection. She felt as though she were caught in a nightmare from

which there was no escape, and she wanted to bury her head under the duvet and wait for

morning to come. But this wasn’t a bad dream, this was real, and she had to face the fact that she

was an unmarried, pregnant princess.



She was still in a state of shocked disbelief when Sebastian found her in the library later that

morning. ‘Ah, there you are, Kitty.’ He stared at her closely. ‘Are you okay? You’ve been#p#分页标题#e#

looking pale for the past few days and Mama is concerned about you.’



‘I’m fine,’ Kitty said quickly. She swung away from Sebastian’s sharp glance but not before

he’d glimpsed the sheen of tears in her eyes.



‘Hey, Kitty-Kat, what’s the matter?’



‘Nothing.’ Her brother’s gentle concern and his use of her childhood nickname tore at Kitty’s

frayed emotions, and she dropped her head in her hands, great sobs racking her as the dam

holding back her fears burst.



‘ Kitty! What the hell is it?’ Sebastian’s voice was harsh with anxiety as he walked round the desk and put his arm around her shoulders. ‘Come on, you can tell me. Whatever it is it can’t be that

bad,’ he coaxed softly. ‘And you know I’ll always help you.’



Sebastian had always been her protector, but even he couldn’t sort out this problem. There was

no way of lessening the impact of her announcement so she said starkly, ‘I’m pregnant.’



For a few seconds the silent library seemed to echo with Sebastian’s shock before he exploded

into speech. ‘ What? What do you mean?’ he demanded, staring at her as if she had suddenly

grown another head. ‘I don’t understand.’



For some reason his stunned incomprehension caused the truth to finally sink into Kitty’s brain

and she took a deep, shuddering breath. ‘It’s quite simple. I’m going to have a baby.’



Once again Sebastian was rendered speechless, but finally he straightened up, his jaw rigid as he

asked with deadly softness, ‘Whose baby?’



Nikos’s arrogantly handsome face filtered into Kitty’s mind. ‘I can’t tell you that,’ she

whispered miserably.



‘Don’t be ridiculous—’ Sebastian broke off and frowned. ‘Are you saying you don’t know? That

the father could be one of several partners? Theos , Kitty, do you have a whole secret life that I know nothing about?’



‘ No…of course not,’ she cried, more tears falling at the flare of disappointment in Sebastian’s eyes. ‘I know who the baby’s father is—it could only be one person,’ she said thickly. ‘But it

was an accident, a mistake and he…he won’t be pleased. I’ve decided not to tell him.’



‘I don’t give a damn if he’s pleased or not,’ Sebastian growled, swinging away from her and