Chapter 0155

I sat in a sitting room at a table for two, having tea and pastries with Julian, I wasn’t surprised when

Julian asked me on another date. We had plenty left to investigate, after all. But I was confused when he

led me here, to what seemed like a legitimate date.

I was startled that Nicholas and Lilliana were also here, having the same assortment of tea and snacks

at an identical table on the other side of the medium–sized room, In the corner, one of the servants

masterfully played the pianoforte.

Cameras covered almost every angle of the room, coming in closer to our faces every now and then.

I leaned closer to Julian so the cameras wouldn’t overhear.

“So what’s the plan?” I asked him.

He looked at me with a lifted brow. “Enjoy our tea and pastries?”

I frowned at him. “Are we not… Investigating?”

“Here?” He glanced around. “Heavens, no.”

“But… you asked me on a date.”

enjoy the pleasure of

him a flat

My dear uncle Terry clearly has some suspicions about us.

date. Think of it as a cover for our

feel like the full truth.

smiled at me for a moment, then gestured to my teacup. “Would you like more tea?”

always so secretive, sometimes it

teacup, I glanced over to the other table, where Nicholas was sitting across from Lilliana. They hadn’t talked

heavy on his

about him. Was this the future

day who he couldn’t even speak to?

about him,” Jullan said, speaking softly near

swiveled back to Julian. “The King lectured

shrugged. “Good little Nicholas was trying to convince our parents to care about the plight of the common people. Unsuccessfully, I might add, especially with Terry there.”

warmed from the inside out. Nicholas had tried to advocate for the people? Could he have truly

told him

at my

hand was cupping my face. Gently, he brushed his thumb against the

mouth.

like that was

for so

sounded from the other

Nicholas Lilliana gasped.

turned to

cracked off the

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