Chapter 0018

I blinked, stunned into silence. Me? A front runner in the competition?

No. Clearly those people didn’t realize how much Nicholas hated me. Once the cameras were allowed

into the palace, and they saw the two of us interacting, they would learn the truth.

Nicholas hated me.

Julian only wanted to use me in his games.

And Joyce seemed utterly disinterested in the whole thing.

I wasn’t a front runner. I was someone barely hanging on.

Regardless, I thanked my maid for the information.

“Now,” the maid said, turning toward the closet. “It is time to prepare you for the banquet.”

The banquet. Right. Tonight was the first official banquet with all three princes and the candidates. We

would formally dine in the dining room.

the required etiquette for mealtimes that I had forgotten over the past

enough to eat with the others casually, but to do so in

requested to stay behind. A nanny had been hired for her, and was set

soon, I had

content enough, playing with her

fort.

dress,” the maid said, and led me toward

needed another dress. I liked my pale green one with the

a velvet evening gown. Deep emerald in color, it was sleeveless with a v- shaped

the last time I had worn

I wore slacks and t–shirts, with an

Nothing like this

noticed

you

She was right.

I barely recognized

me with comically wide eyes. “Mommy, are

don’t know,” I

certain. “You

me the confidence I needed to keep my head high as I entered the

spot near the center of the table. Joyce claimed a seat at the far end. Nicholas wasn’t in the room

for the girls to sit, Julian

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