Chapter 0150

Five minutes after that, I excused myself from the party when Mark called for me.

As I headed to the door, I nearly tripped over my feet, spotting Nicholas waiting there.

“Prince Nicholas,” I said. “What a surprise.”

“You wanted to go to the store?” he asked me

I glanced at Mark, but he just stared back brightly, like nothing was

“I surely can’t ask a prince to run errands with me,” I said.

wrong.

Nicholas shrugged like it was no big deal. “It would be good to get away for a while.” He turned away

before I could think to argue. I hurried to slip on my shoes, grab a light jacket, and chase after him into the

hallway.

He drove us away from the palace in one of the less flashy sedans. It was black with tinted windows.

“If Julian had any sense, he would use one of these to sneak out properly,” Nicholas said.

I sighed, remembering our great escape of a first date. “Most of the time, he wants to be seen. He lives

bad boy persona, I think.”

pity that he drags you into it,” Nicholas

had a way of bringing me straight

Because of him and our outings, I was able to feel my

not be all bad,” I

more, just glared out the front windshield as we

to town.

fabric store, we had to pass through a portion of

run–down cars,

automatically when Nicholas had started driving, but he

now, making

Nicholas said. “A lady shouldn’t have to witness such an unseemly part of town.”

that different from what

Then a second time. “You’re serious.

I joke about that? Or had that just been wishful

your kingdom looks like this. Over the

many people are homeless. I’ve had to work two or three

roof over Elva’s

three jobs?” Nicholas repeated like he didn’t

I

such a good

more than I could ever thank her for. I’ll be indebted to her the rest of my

of

the steering wheel. “Things have been that

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