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

boy persona,

pity that he drags you into it,”

Julian had a way of bringing me straight into trouble, but I was also

able to feel

be all bad,” I

He said nothing more, just glared out the front windshield

to town.

the fabric store, we had to pass through a portion of the town with shuttered up

run–down cars,

had started driving, but

now, making

have to witness such an unseemly part

from what I’m used to,” I said.

turned to glance at me. Then a second

that? Or had that just been wishful thinking

this. Over the past few years, there’s been

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

roof over

three jobs?” Nicholas repeated like he didn’t quite believe it.

I

we’d be much worse off if I didn’t find such a good person to room with.

her for. I’ll be indebted

of years.”

“Things have been that

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