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.

don’t think he’s doing it just for show?” said

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

only here as a publicity stunt. But even so, Nicholas was not the type of person to

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

I knew I’d be gone soon as well as anyone, but it still hurt

those guards headed this

where the other girls were staring. True enough, a pair

do you think they want?” I

waited for them to go by, but instead

“Miss Piper one asked

like they’re here for you,” whispered one of the girls

I told

with blank expressions. These must have been more of Joseph’s

what happened to the ones who had initially been kind to me. I hoped they hadn’t

Follow me

guards began to walk away. The other waited for me

  1. me.

unnerving, like I was being arrested

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

guards led me away from the ballroom and into a side, sitting room. The Queen herself sat on a plush sofa, bracketed by a pair of older women nobles, Lena

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