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.

think he’s doing it just for

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

here as a publicity stunt. But even so, Nicholas was not the type of person to take advantage of that. He danced with Elva because he didn’t want her

to see while it lasts,” another girl said. “Hope you are enjoying yourself too, Piper. We all know you’ll be the

a polite smile but didn’t say anything. I knew I’d be gone soon as

Are those guards

staring. True enough, a pair of guards was weaving their way

think they

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

“Miss Piper one asked

here for you,” whispered one of

that’s me.” I

must have been more of Joseph’s

didn’t like me. I wondered what happened to the ones who had initially

Follow me

away. The other waited for me to follow

  1. me.

arrested or

standing on his shoes. He paused, though, when he spotted me. His eyes narrowed as he took in the sight of my armed

Queen herself sat on a

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