The Princess and the Paupers

Chapter 34

Following behind him, a couple of his underlings were clutching onto a bunch of pricey gifts, which they put down before heading out to wait by the door. Left alone now, Carl stood by Romeo, acting all respectful and stuff.

“Hello, long time no see.”

Romeo had a cold personality and didn’t talk much. Even his greeting was steady and rigorous.

“Romeo, what brings you here today?” Louisa was the first to react, looking at the gifts he brought, she put on a warm smile. “It’s great you came. Thank you for your gifts.”

“Romeo, come take a seat. Someone, get him a cup of coffee.” Kenneth called out in a friendly tone, “You haven’t visited us since your bro left the country. Let’s catch up tonight.”

“Romeo, have you eaten yet?”

“I have.” Romeo replied, still as polite as ever.

you seem even more mature and steady…” Louisa looked at him, finding

to chat with her parents after Arabella had gone up to her room. That way, she could strengthen family ties

the door, she overheard

them, she found out Romeo had come to her

she was so frightened that she almost couldn’t stand still. “Miss Serena?” Martha went up to help her in a hurry, “Are you alright?”

panic, “Romeo’s here, in the living room… He must have come because of

out, let’s see

coming clean.” Serena quickly weighed her options and blurted out, “I’m going downstairs to apologize to

do anything rash.” Martha tried to hold her back, “Keep your cool, let’s see what’s happening downstairs first,

exchanged a glance. Miss Collins… could

well–informed, could he already know that the Collins‘

just an

of the blue, we didn’t get a chance to tell you, this story dates back quite a while…”

she was referring to the previous engagement, he nodded,

then said, “We only recently found Arabella, and haven’t yet announced her identity to the public. Arabella’s grandparents still don’t know about this, we didn’t mean to keep you or the McMillian family in the dark.”