After sorting out things with Chelsea, Lucy was bombarded with messages and calls from Matthew telling her to come back ASAP.

Lucy was fed up with Matthew's neediness. After bidding Chelsea farewell, she was ready to head out.

Before she left, Lucy leaned in and whispered to Chelsea.

"I'm heading off, Chelsea. Just remember, if Hugh ever pulls something like this again, you tell me. And don't you ever see him again, okay?"

Chelsea really trusted Lucy and thanked her for caring so much.

Lucy left Chelsea and Hugh's hotel with ease, her mind set on getting to the royal palace in Charleston. However, just as she was about to leave, her phone rang. It was Matthew.

"Hey, why aren't you here yet? Oh, and I've got two tickets to a movie. How about we go see it? I'll send the driver to pick you up later."

back to the palace with them, so I can't make it to the cinema right now... But if there are still tickets for the

by Matthew's unusual sulking. "The palace matters are really important,

she could not waste any more time. "Don't worry, Matthew, I'll keep my promise. Once I'm done with palace

did she not realize before that Matthew could be so needy? With a promise to spend all of tomorrow with him as her way of making it up,

was over, things at the palace had quieted down. The festive buzz

Juliana's urgent summons was about some big emergency, but it turned out to be

the palace, Lucy saw Theodore sitting still on the couch, looking so serious that it seemed like he

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seem down," Lucy

not noticed her at first, but his expression softened when

"You're back, Lucy..."

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