Chapter 0031
The new maid made me so uneasy that I sent both away whenever I could. Where I had appreciated the. steady comfort of the quiet maid’s presence and enjoyed the conversations with the talkative one, this new maid seemed to be constantly watching me, even while I dozed.
“Don’t you need help babysitting?” the strange maid asked as I ushered them both to the door. I would have like the quiet one to stay, but couldn’t think of a reason that would only excuse one and not the
other.
I’m perfectly capable,” I said and said goodbye at the door.
I was just about to close it when a voice called out. “Piper!”
I knew that voice. Julian.
Maybe I could pretend I hadn’t heard him?
I started to close the door again, but he caught it. He wedged his way into the partially opened door and
smirked at me like he knew exactly what I was doing.
“That’s not very nice, Piper.”
“I don’t know what you mean.”
His smile only grew. “May I come in? We have a lot to talk about.”
I
I wasn’t sure we had all that much to talk about, actually, but I couldn’t tell him that since he was a
prince. “Fine.” I pulled back the door all the way, letting him inside. I left it open behind us.
Elva was under her blanket fort, coloring with crayons.
“What did you want to talk about?” I asked.
You
I blanked. He had to be joking, but it was so hard to tell with him. His grin didn’t waver one way or the
other. He always just said things and then watched me react.
What about me?
He shrugged and walked to where we’d organized the sewing machines. He glanced through some of the fabric swatches He stopped on one, part of which I had used to make Nicholas’s wrist guard.
really hoped he didn’t make the connection
He peered at it a moment, then moved on. Again, his smile hadn’t shifted. He was insufferably good at
being unreadable
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