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Advertising to run his worldwide ad campaign for his resorts in the Whitsundays, the Caribbean, the South Pacific, Mexico, and the Mediterranean.”
    She brought up another slide, featuring the island of Ancora, owned by the guy sitting in front of her, eyeing her with wary disdain. “Like most of Italy, the recession has hit the Kaluna Resort on Ancora hard. Tourism is at an all-time low in this region despite the natural beauty and obvious charms.”
    She flicked through a few more slides, highlighting a breathtaking island she couldn’t wait to explore: azure ocean, pristine beaches, secluded coves, and rocky outcrops. Ancora had captured her imagination from the first moment she’d started researching. Something about its unspoiled beauty, its inherent wildness, called to her.
    “To counteract this ongoing downward trend, we propose a major worldwide campaign to attract tourists back to Ancora.” She paused for emphasis. “And in turn, Osturo, considering no one can get to the other island unless they come via here.”
    If she’d expected a flicker of interest or a change in his dour expression, she would be disappointed. Nothing. Not even a spark.
    “Kai Kaluna has set an extremely generous budget. And as you know from the e-mails the developer cc’d us both on, he needs to update the existing resort with a few minor renovations before we advertise the place to the world.” She swiped to another page, showing an artist’s impression of what the new, revamped Ancora resort would look like. “This is what will be the new focus of Ancora—”
    “No.” He stood so abruptly his chair slammed into the wall behind him.
    Stunned, she stared up at him. “I beg your pardon?”
    “You heard me.” He towered over her, looking like a demented demon. “I said no.”
    “But I haven’t gotten through a quarter of my presentation.” Her hands fluttered helplessly between the iPad and him. “You need to see the projected figures and the spreadsheets an influx of tourists will—”
    “What part of ‘no’ can’t you understand?”
    And with that, he stormed out of the room, leaving her wanting to punch something. Preferably the prince’s stubborn head.

Chapter Two
    Zoe took several deep calming breaths and willed her anger to fade before she did something stupid, like follow up on that impulse to punch the prince.
    He’d walked out on her.
    Who the hell did he think he was? A boorish, royal prick obviously used to treating people like crap, that’s who.
    She’d barely started her presentation, and he’d rejected it? No way would she stand for that. She’d make His Haughty Highness listen to her if she had to tie him down to do it.
    An erotic image of doing just that popped into her head, and she blinked, needing to dismiss it. No time for fantasies when she had a job to do, one that didn’t involve assaulting one very stubborn royal pain in the ass.
    Unsure whether she should go in search of Dominic or wait until he calmed down and hopefully returned, she slid her iPad back into her portfolio and stood.
    “Hope I’m not interrupting?” An elderly woman stuck her head around the door, and Zoe was instantly struck by the resemblance to Dominic. They both had high cheekbones, a strong jaw, and those piercing blue eyes. Queen Catarina.
    “Not at all,” Zoe said, unsure whether to bow or grovel or kiss the woman’s hand as she stepped into the den and closed the door behind her. “I’m Zoe Keaton.”
    She settled for holding out her hand for the queen to shake and thankfully, the older woman did just that.
    “Pleased to meet you, dear. I’m Catarina.”
    Impressed by the queen’s informality, Zoe waited until Catarina sat in Dominic’s recently vacated chair before resuming her seat. “I was meeting with Dominic.”
    Catarina nodded. “Thought so, when I saw him storm out of here.”
    “He didn’t like what I had to say.”
    Catarina smiled. “He can be obtuse.”
    Zoe could think of other