In Bed With Her Shithead Boss (By Ellie Wynters) novel Chapter 323

Keira adjusted the screen on her laptop, grateful for a moment of privacy in her suite. Her fingers traced the sapphire ring on her hand as she waited for her sisters to answer her call. So much had happened in just a few days.

When Blair and Sutton's faces appeared on screen, splitting her monitor in half, Keira felt a rush of homesickness and the need for her sisters.

"There she is!" Blair exclaimed, her face lighting up. "The future princess herself!"

"I always said you were a princess… this now proves it." Added Sutton.

Blair laughed.

"Don't start," Keira groaned, but couldn't help smiling. "It's been totally crazy. I feel like I should pinch myself."

Sutton leaned closer to her camera. "Show us the ring. The photos online are blurry."

Keira held up her hand, the sapphire catching the light. "It was his grandmother's."

"It's gorgeous," Blair breathed. "And the blue matches your eyes." They all had the same eye color, cornflower blue.

"Okay, spill everything," Sutton demanded. "And why didn't you tell us he was going to propose?"

Keira had let her sisters know in a message before the video call that Alexei had proposed for real and told her he loved her. They had demanded the video call for all the details.

"Because I didn't know," Keira admitted, settling more comfortably against her pillows. "The engagement announcement was planned, but the actual proposal on the terrace was completely unexpected. He knelt down and everything. We told each other how we felt."

"Prince Charming after all," Blair teased.

"Hardly," Keira rolled her eyes. "But it was... perfect somehow. Private, just the two of us away from all the cameras."

"And you're happy?" Sutton asked, her expression growing serious. "This is all happening so fast."

Keira's fingers played with her ring. "I am. It's crazy and overwhelming, but when I'm with Alexei, life is more interesting. And really you two are the last to talk about everything happening fast."

"What about the media coverage?" Blair asked gently. "We've seen some of the headlines."

Keira's smile faded. "It's brutal. They're calling me everything from a gold-digger to a social climber who trapped him during the kidnapping."

"That's ridiculous," Sutton said firmly. "Anyone who knows you would know that's not true."

"That's our Keira," Blair said proudly. "Taking no prisoners."

"Have you thought about when you'll be home?" Sutton asked. "Miles is missing his auntie, Keira."

A lump formed in Keira's throat. "I miss you guys so much. We haven't set a date yet, but I'm hoping to bring Alexei back to New York soon. Before the wedding."

"Wedding," Blair repeated, shaking her head in wonder. "My little sister is marrying a prince."

"Trust me, I'm still processing that part myself," Keira admitted. "I'm not sure how long it takes to plan a frigging royal wedding."

"Do you have to curtsy to the King?" Sutton asked, clearly curious.

"Yes, but not all the time and bow my head when entering a room after him," Keira rolled her eyes. "There's a whole truckload of things I have to learn."

The balcony doors slid open with a soft whisper of sound, startling Keira from her video call with her sisters for a second. She turned to see Alexei stepping through. Her heartbeat quickened instinctively at the sight of him, but she kept her conversation going as if nothing had changed. She wanted him to see how close she was to her sisters.

"I think it’s like being at a really strict private school," she continued to her sisters, watching Alexei from the corner of her eye as he moved silently into the room. "I'm sure I'll get the hang of it very soon. I'm a fast learner."