Chapter 0098

The breath punched from my lungs. Linda maybe hadn’t eavesdropped on everything, but she had definitely heard that Nicholas and I had once dated.

“I imagine that information would be quite problematic if it was to be publicly known.” With a sway of her hips, Linda sauntered closer.

Problematic was an understatement, especially with the King’s threat on my life.

Nicholas narrowed his eyes. “What do you want, Linda?”

“Straight to the point, aren’t you?” Linda said.

like

be happy to keep this

the proper motivation.”

“And what would that

want you to publically favor me. I want private dates, sitting beside each other at banquets, first dances at the balls. All of it. And when

for

fists. How could she be so underhanded as to use this information,

way? Had she

with the King’s threat hanging over me. As much as I wanted to tell Linda to buzz off, if she shared what she’d

no sense of my dilemma. All he could see was this person before him trying to garner ill–begotten gains.

won’t be blackmailed,” he said, glaring.

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