CHAPTER 21

The call had lasted longer than Felix had wanted it to. It was magnificent, simply magnificent, hearing from Kelly again. She had sounded wonderful the first time they had met for lunch, but hearing her languid voice in the cool of the night, it was like he was being enveloped in smothering want and rose petals.

He wanted more.

He couldn’t deny it now; he was smitten and he was absolutely powerless about it. He wondered how Adam would feel if he knew that he had called Kelly. It was a good thing Adam had decided to spend the night at his own house this time around. Felix could easily imagine Adam asking to please speak with Kelly.

It was a thought he didn’t want to think of. No. Kelly was his alone, and when they went on tomorrow, he would prove his love for her.

She was really interested in lifting the children out of the streets and poverty-stricken areas and giving them another chance at life—a better one.

He did not think much about what his father would think. The king could chuc