Chapter 197: The secret was out 2 Chapter 197: The secret was out 2 But disappointment did not mean hesitation.
Without wasting a second, they shifted their focus.
Regret gnawed at them.
They had showered Nnenna with expensive gifts, believing her to be a true royal, one worth investing in.
Now, those gifts felt wasted.
And worse… the First Princess must have noticed.
On the first day of the ball, they had presented their gifts exactly as tradition demanded, placing their most precious gifts on the table for Nnenna.
Now, it was too late to take them back.
That meant the First Princess had likely realized the harsh truth, her gifts were inferior to her sister’s.
Would she still agree to a marriage alliance with them after such an insult?
Panic set in among the monarchs.
Their carefully laid plans had crumbled in an instant, and they scrambled for ways to salvage the situation.
Their frustration grew, their anger looking for an outlet.
Should they direct it at the King of Lionara for allowing such a deception?
At the royal family for keeping the truth hidden?
Or at Nnenna herself, the girl who had walked among them, accepting their gifts, pretending to be one of them?
They needed someone to blame.
And since they couldn’t openly challenge the King or the royal family, they chose the weakest target.
Nnenna.
Their resentment, their humiliation, their wounded pride, all of it would be thrown onto her shoulders.
She was no longer a potential queen or a valuable political ally.
She was a fraud.
And she would pay for it.
She should have told them from the start.
That was the thought running through the minds of the gathered nobles and royals.
that even King Ikechukwu himself had
they ignored the fact that King Ikechukwu said Second Princess had been shy and withdrawn for years, only stepping into the public eye after he
No.
the signs, they concluded on turning
tension in
into
twisted in barely restrained
of shouting, of
Not yet.
They needed confirmation.
himself addressed the situation,
this was all
deep down, they
it had come from one of the royal
was enough
a royal had spoken, then it had to be
once the King confirmed it, there
walked back to the castle in
The secret was out.
she wasn’t ready to deal with
But did that matter?
No.
care if
truth spilled, it was hers to
exhaled sharply, trying to push
burned against her skin,
she didn’t have
now, she needed
group of
But their reactions were…
different.
Cold.
Hesitant.
outright ignored her, turning their backs as if she were
clenched
been eager to please her, fetching things before she even
But now?
royals looked down on
her popularity had shifted from
that she was no longer “one of them.”
this is how
She didn’t react.
didn’t give them the satisfaction of
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