Five minutes after that, I excused myself from the party when Mark called for me.

As I headed to the door, I nearly tripped over my feet, spotting Nicholas waiting there.

“Prince Nicholas,” I said. “What a surprise.”

“You wanted to go to the store?” he asked me

I glanced at Mark, but he just stared back brightly, like nothing was

“I surely can’t ask a prince to run errands with me,” I said.

wrong.

Nicholas shrugged like it was no big deal. “It would be good to get away for a while.” He turned away

before I could think to argue. I hurried to slip on my shoes, grab a light jacket, and chase after him into the

hallway.

He drove us away from the palace in one of the less flashy sedans. It was black with tinted windows.

“If Julian had any sense, he would use one of these to sneak out properly,” Nicholas said.

our great escape of a first date. “Most of the time, he

that bad boy persona, I think.”

you into it,” Nicholas said.

a way of bringing

and our outings, I was able to

not be all bad,” I

glared out the front windshield as we

to town.

we had to pass through a portion of the town with shuttered up

run–down cars,

Nicholas had started driving,

making

Nicholas said. “A lady shouldn’t have to witness

from what I’m

glance at me. Then a

I joke about that? Or had that just been wishful thinking

this. Over the

many people are homeless. I’ve had to work two or three jobs sometimes

over Elva’s head.”

repeated like he didn’t

I

off if I didn’t find such a good

her for. I’ll be indebted to her

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