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.

escape of a first date. “Most of the

that bad boy

he drags you into it,”

was true, Julian had a way of bringing

him. Because of him and our outings, I was able

be all bad,” I

hardened. He said nothing more, just glared out the front windshield

to town.

to the fabric store, we had to pass through a portion of the

run–down cars,

had locked automatically when Nicholas had started driving, but he clicked lock

now, making

Nicholas said. “A lady shouldn’t have to witness such an unseemly part of town.”

all that different from what I’m used to,” I said.

at me. Then a second

joke about that? Or had that

of your kingdom looks like this. Over the

I’ve had to work two or three jobs sometimes

over Elva’s

or three jobs?” Nicholas repeated like

I

such a

for. I’ll be indebted to her the rest of my life

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