ROYAL SECRETS
CH 1
NEW YORK CITY
SATURDAY MAY 12, 2018
ROSE
"Seriously Liss, can this dress get any shorter?"
"What. You have a great ass and need to show it off, plus this is our last night on campus. Have fun, let loose, you've earned it. We've earned it. I plan on getting white girl wasted tonight."
"That's like one drink for you. Good thing Christian will be there to carry you home."
"Maybe you'll meet someone that will carry you home."
"Don't give me that look. It's been three months since Adrian?"
"It's been two and if I really wanted to hook up I could. But he likes the D more than he likes the V."
"Such a waste."
"Liss, you know you can't help who you like. We tried dating and sex thing, but it just didn't work for us. It did get me thinking though."
"And what is that?"
"Maybe I am ready to settle down and seriously date someone."
"Really, Rose Hathaway is ready to hang up her thongs?"
"Liss, you make it seem like I'm the school slut. There is nothing wrong with having consensual hookups with no strings attached."
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN
DIMITRI
"Do we really need to do this?"
"Yes we do, you do. This is one of the last nights you're going to be free. A night out where you don't have to worry about ruling anyone. You aren't Prince Dimitri Belikov, future King of Baia, you are just Dimitri. "
"You're right."
"Of course I am. Besides this is your last night before you are betrothed to that bitch Tasha."
"Ivan, please don't say that. I know you don't like her, but she is going to be my wife and you are to be the King's hand. You're going to have to learn to get along with her eventually."
"D, she has been nothing but cruel to you. So don't act all high and mighty when it comes to her. I know you don't love her and never will, you're just doing this to make your father happy."
"It's not about making my father happy. I want change for Baia and the only way to do that is to become King. And I can only become King by getting married."
"Then marry someone else. Allow yourself to fall in love and marry the girl you pick, not your father."
LATER THAT NIGHT AT THE CLUB
DIMITRI
I had lost Ivan about an hour ago, he had followed some guy into a back room and I haven't seen him since. Which was fine by me, he had been on me all night to pick a girl to "hookup" with. It wasn't like their weren't any good looking women here, I just wasn't in the right mindset. I was left sitting at the bar nursing my second beer of the night.
"Hey cowboy, we don't see folks like you in these parts." Came from the barstool next to me.
"What?"
"Sorry, that was so cheesy. You've been staring at the beer for the last five minutes. I noticed the cowboy duster and it was the only thing I could come up with to say to you."
"That was pretty bad." I laughed and looked over and was met with the most beautiful set of brown eyes I have ever seen.
"Rose."
"Dimitri, nice to meet you."
"I was right you aren't from here."
"I'm not. Came here to go to school. Actually, I just graduated today."
"I just graduated today too. NYU?"
"NYU." I nodded my head.
"There's no way I missed someone as good looking as you on campus."
"I pretty much kept to myself."
"No college parties, comrade?" I raised my eyebrow at that nickname. I was going to say something smart back but I couldn't. She was beautiful, so beautiful it hurt. Her smile seemed to light up the room.
"Cat got your tongue?"
"What got what?"
"It means you're having a hard time talking."
"Sorry I don't always get American lingo.."
"It's kind of cute, you're kind of cute."
"With all these compliments you're giving me a big head."
"You know I could really make a dirty joke right now about big heads." She wiggled her eyebrows. Normally I wouldn't entertain any innuendos, I would just laugh and redirect the conversation. But tonight something was different, she was different.
"I'd love to hear a joke about big heads."
"I didn't know you had it in you comrade. I was going to say "I wonder if I could get your other head big." I leaned over and whispered in her ear.
"Why don't I take you back to my place and we can find out, Roza."
I know this chapter is a bit short, but I wanted to keep this story going. You were probably hoping for some Romitri smut. Sorry not yet!!