Chapter 0049

No, that was a foolish notion. He was kind to Elva because he was a kind person. At the end of the day, Elva and I were going to be eliminated from the competition.

We’d leave the palace, return to our little apartment with Anna, and never hear from Nicholas again, We’d probably see him on television sometimes, with updates on his new family.

It might hurt to see, but that was life.

Dreams were dreams. Reality was reality.

I couldn’t have both.

“It’s so nice of Prince Nicholas to spend so much time with you and your daughter,” said one of the other girls to me

“Looks good for the cameras, too,” said another girl, pointing as a cameraman came close to Elva.

Odd, I hadn’t really noticed them before.

Neither, apparently, had Nicholas. Because the moment he spotted the camera following Elva, he swung her the other way, out of the camera’s line of sight.

he’s doing it just for

just shows off a side of him people don’t get to see. I’m not sure why he’s trying

so, Nicholas was not the type of person to take advantage of that. He

“Hope you are enjoying yourself too, Piper. We all know you’ll be

gave her a polite smile but didn’t say anything. I knew I’d be gone soon as well as anyone,

those guards headed

enough, a pair of guards was weaving their way through the crowd,

you think

I waited for them to go by, but instead they stopped night in

“Miss Piper one asked

they’re here for you,” whispered one

I told the

must

who had initially been kind to me.

Follow me

the guards began to walk away. The other waited for me to follow the first, then fell

  1. me.

arrested or something.

They were still dancing, now with her standing on his shoes. He paused, though, when he spotted me. His eyes narrowed as he took in the sight of my

Queen herself sat on a plush sofa, bracketed by a pair of older women nobles, Lena

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