#Chapter 15: Secret Rendezvous! Confirmed Lovers?

Aria’s POV Over the next few days, I met with Lucian a few times while disguised as Dr. A, so that we could discuss and work on our collaborative project. In these early stages, we decided to keep the project confidential. At the time, I only wanted to protect the integrity of the project. It wasn’t until a few days later, when I saw the tabloids in the grocery store check-out line, that I realized our mistake. One of the headlines read, Alpha King Lucian and Dr. A Secret Rendezvous – Confirmed Lovers? By keeping the true nature of our meetings a secret, we had incited the speculation of the entire kingdom, thanks to the paparazzi and the photos they snapped of our outings. The photos were also grossly out of context. Yes, we had gone out for dinner together one night, but that was only after our earlier meeting extended overlong. We were hungry but still had topics to discuss. While we’d been eating, I had only leaned over like that because I was talking about something