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the hard column pressing into her stomach was anything to go by.
    “Can I kiss you again?” His words were hoarse, and she had barely nodded her head before his mouth was on hers.
    The idea of taking his virginity right then, on the breakfast table, was compelling and she pressed herself even closer to him as their tongues slid together. She didn't think she had ever been so aroused before in her life, not even with Alex, and she felt close to losing it already. With one last groan she pulled herself from his arms, her hand against her tingling lips looking at where he was stood panting.
    “What time do you leave?” Her voice was rough even to her own ears, and she shakily sat back down in her seat.
    “Two o'clock,” he said, all but falling into his own chair. “The wedding isn't until the twenty-first but Kai and Steph both want me there for the rehearsals.”
    Of course they did. Valto was Kai's main supporter and really he should probably be in Helsinki now getting ready rather than fretting over his scrambled eggs. Twirling a strand of her hair around her finger, Cat pushed it behind her ear before looking up at him. “I'm sorry I couldn't come with you.”
    “We didn't exactly give you time to plan.” He smiled at her. “You're busy Cat, and you know Steph, when she got it into her head she was getting married it was happening sooner rather than later.”
    “Well we at least have nine months to get organized,” she said.
    In all honesty, nine months wasn't a very long time to organize the wedding of a Crown Princess, especially not one who was going to be crowned only a handful of months later. For the most part she was leaving it in the hands of whoever it was that Lowri decided to hire for the job, or more like the army of people. Cat herself wasn't going to have a lot of time for planning her own wedding; her schedule was full enough as it was.
    “I have to put in for my discharge.” Valto picked up his coffee and took a sip. “As well as pack some stuff from my apartment in Helsinki, so it's good I'm going early.”
    Cat couldn't help but wince at that. She hated the idea of him having to give up his military career, but it just wouldn't do for the Prince Consort of Wales to be active in the Finnish military. It was something that he had to have known and contemplated before he had even made an attempt at courtship.
    “Are you sure you want to do this? Give up your whole life just for a chance to sit on the throne?” she asked.
    He narrowed his eyes at that. “I'm not marrying you for your title.”
    “I know that Valto.” She pressed her fingers against her lips again. “That is the one thing I do know.”

 
    Chapter Six.
    June 21st 2006
     
    Kai's wedding, as had been expected, was quite lavish, with Steph having planned everything to the smallest detail. It made him quite nervous for his own wedding, since if this was what could be expected for the ninth in line for the line for throne, he hated to think what would be required for the Crown Princess.
    "Nice ceremony." Valto glanced over at where his cousin Johann was standing beside him, arms folded across his chest and a smile on his face. "Getting scared yet?”
    Taking another sip of his champagne, he smirked at the other man. "Not really, are you?"
    Johann's wedding would be all of three months before Valto's, but the difference was that he had no idea what he was getting himself into. He and Myf hadn't seen each other for six years, and with the way that Johann had been throwing himself at everything in a skirt for at least that long it was clear that he hadn't put any thought into his upcoming nuptials. Digging into his pocket with his free hand, Valto pulled out the photo that Cat had given him. Scaring Johann half to death would easily provide his entertainment for the rest of the evening.
    "Trying not to think about it, thanks."
    "That's a shame," said Valto, handing the photo out to him. "I brought you an early wedding