Chapter 0247

The guard nodded and went to carry out the task.

Back inside my room, I couldn’t help but pace, worried about what Jane could possibly be doing in that

gown.

Did she decide to go to the gala? Was she pretending to be me? What could she possibly be saying to

the benefactors, or the candidates, or the cameras?

When I reached one end of the room, I swiveled on my heel and began walking the other way instead.

I wished I could go down to the gala and see for myself, but I would never abandon Elva. She could be

sick. She would always be my top priority. I only hoped that whatever Jane was doing, it wasn’t so

egregious that I would be forcibly ejected from the contest.

I continued pacing until the doctor arrived a few minutes later with Mark following quickly behind.

Elva’s situation, nodded at

Mark came to mine.

then said, “Elva’s a

okay.”

her illness weren’t the only thing on my mind. Mark seemed

his words didn’t seem

“Did something else happen?”

my arms around my

straightened. “What? Where?

the hallway just now, when I was brining Elva back to the room.” I described the

went to

what she’s doing there. Likely trying to ruin my

let that happen.” Mark procured his phone from his pocket and began to text. His fingers flew across the screen. I’d never seen anyone text so quickly. “If Jane went to that gala,

does any

how Olivia and Lilliana hung of his arms, claiming all of his attention, I doubted he

tingling of pain burrowed deep down inside my chest. I hated to admit that I

than me. He was burdened with a crown, and someday he might be king. He would always have obligations bigger than his personal love

“Thank you, Mark.”

didn’t have children yet, or debts, or a history tied with the underground organization, even if it was unwilling. They were

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