Chapter 0055
I stared at Julian, disbelieving my ears. Did he really just ask me for a solo date?
Yet everyone in the whole ballroom was looking at us. Julian still held the microphone up to his mouth.
This was definitely happening. It wasn’t a dream.
Which meant that Julian was up to something.
“Why?” I asked, before I could think better of it.
A few girls around me gasped. Only then did I realize my mistake and covered my mouth.
Julian also looked shocked, his eyes going wide for a moment. But then, just as quickly, he burst out
laughing.
His good humor seemed to erase the surprise of the other onlookers. Everyone seemed to think I had
been telling a joke.
With the microphone lowered, he said to me, “I insist this request is genuine, Piper.”
I didn’t believe him.
Julian always played the angles. Asking me on a date had to be some kind of move for his benefit, but I
couldn’t begin to figure out how. I’d only scratched the surface of the inner politics of the royal family.
He waited for my answer. Everyone did.
I knew he was using me, even if I didn’t know how, but I couldn’t exactly turn him down. He was a prince,
and this was a competition. I was just a pawn in a game.
So I said, “I accept.”
He smiled. Into the microphone, he announced, “She said yes.”
The nobles cheered. Most of the girls clapped politely. A few giggled.
“Our date will be tomorrow,” he said, no longer speaking to me, but to the waiting crowd.
in the center of the dance floor, Nicholas stood. His face was an emotionless mask, but his golden eyes
blazed as he stared straight at me
I
My heart ached. I wanted to tell him that this didn’t mean anything. Julian was only trying to stir up
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