Page 30 of Royally Matched
“With this new information, we wonder is this the reason for the sudden change in Prince Maxwell? His patterns of partying and womanizing have taken a sudden decline over the past couple months, and just recently, we were sent these two videos showing the prince in a new light.”
First, the video Lily recorded of Max at the children’s wing dedication and then again at the war memorial played on the screen.
“Does that mean playboy Crown Prince Maxwell is gone for good? Or is Lady Liliana just a passing fancy like Starla Stone was a couple months back? Only time will tell, so if you want to be the first to know, make sure to watch our show daily for your royal updates.”
As soon as the video ended, Lily’s eyes snapped up to meet Max’s. “I promise I didn’t leak those videos. I have no idea how they got out.”
Max nodded. “I believe you.” Pointing to the comments, he added, “At least the responses are positive. People seem to approve of you and I as a couple and they think the videos show I’ve changed for the better.”
“Well, I guess we should be grateful for that.” Clicking through her phone, she went to the videos to see if they were gone. They were still there. Next, she looked in her messages and didn’t find them sent to anyone. Her last idea was to check her email. She went to her "sent” folder, and about five messages down, she saw an outgoing message to her mother with both videos attached.
“Mystery solved,” Lily said, showing the email to Max. “I’m sorry she did this.” Then realizing it was too odd it all came out at the same time, she stated, “I think she arranged for that photographer to snap the photo. I wouldn’t put it past my mother to have one follow me, waiting for the chance to snap a photo to release with these videos.”
He shrugged. “It sounds about right. The countess is a formidable woman.”
“You could have her banished from the royal court for this,” Lily said, “and part of me wouldn’t blame you.”
“That won’t be necessary. I’m not about to do that to the mother of the woman I love. I don’t like how it happened, but honestly, I’m glad everyone finally knows we are together. I love you, Lily, and I don’t want to hide it anymore.”
He reached out and kissed her firmly on the lips, pushing out any worries that still remained in Lily’s mind. For now, all that mattered was that they were together openly for the first time.
