Okay, the princess has a brain to match her body, but having a master’s degree isn’t everything. He was slipping away from her, and there was nothing she could do to stop it. Christina shouldn’t care. She didn’t want to be a princess and live in a palace. “She speaks German, French, English, and Italian.” I speak three of the four. Christina fought the urge to scream the words at him even though she knew they would do no good. He already knew she did. She wanted to cry. “But…” She looked at him. “But what?” “She’s allergic to cats.” Christina frowned. “You don’t have any cats, and that was not one of your requirements.” Richard shrugged. “Still, I do not want to marry her.” “You…what?” Surely, she hadn’t heard him correctly. “I do not wish to marry her.” “But…I don’t understand

