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.

King Ikechukwu himself had refused to reveal the

Ikechukwu said Second Princess had been shy and withdrawn for years, only

No.

themselves for failing to see the signs, they concluded on turning their frustration on the easiest target, the one they deemed

tension in the air

turned into

in barely restrained

of them were on the verge of shouting, of demanding answers, but they held themselves

Not yet.

They needed confirmation.

himself addressed the

just maybe, this was all a

deep down, they already

who had leaked the information claimed it had come from one of the

was enough for

royal had spoken, then it had to

the King confirmed it, there would be no

back to the castle in a

The secret was out.

ready to deal with

But did that matter?

No.

didn’t care

hers to handle, whether

sharply, trying to push down the

her skin, whispers

have time for

she needed to find her

a group of servants, asking for

But their reactions were…

different.

Cold.

Hesitant.

outright ignored her, turning their backs as if she were

fingers clenched

to please her, fetching things before she even asked, offering polite

But now?

that the royals

her popularity had shifted from admiration to

longer “one of them.” The shift in their attitudes

is

She didn’t react.

give them the satisfaction of seeing her

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