Chapter 0111

I glanced back at Susie. Looking at me, she crossed her fingers. If we could somehow manage to be together, that would be most ideal.

But no. Too quickly, Susie was called to be paired with someone else.

“Next we have Piper…”

I sucked in a breath. My remaining options weren’t great, but hopefully I wouldn’t be paired with

“And Linda.”

In the kitchen, Linda and I glared at each other. We were supposed to be going through the offered cookbooks, searching for the finger foods of our choice, but neither of us had touched them yet.

Other girls around us were chattering and laughing, working together as intended.

When I reached for one of the books, Linda scoffed, “You would.”

“What’s your problem?” I snapped, unable to stand the tension anymore.

Linda had all the cards here, since she knew my secrets. I didn’t know why she had to push it further by being such a roadblock in the challenge. Didn’t she understand that if we butted heads here, it would only

bad for us?

to care. “My only problem is that I’m being

have always held my own

what I know. I wouldn’t be surprised if he conspired to

here.”

she clearly meant Nicholas, though she wasn’t willing to

overheard.

because, well, she wasn’t wrong exactly. Mark had given me the

favor with the ambassador, and both Julian and Nicholas had

on my own merits. The thought gave me no

right,” Linda said. “How naive of you, if you hadn’t realized it before. I don’t know what he wants from you, Piper, though

Nicholas really wanted from me. The same thing everyone

Sex.

kept me around for camal pleasures. Didn’t they expect their husbands to be as virtuous as them? Or did they

care one

they ended up

How… sad.

hoped I was never that desperate for anything, that I would overlook my

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