The Princess and the Paupers

Chapter 701

She felt like she’d been struck by lightning, unable to believe that her idol, the Queen Abby she’d worshiped and desperately wanted to meet, had been by her side all along.

Arabella watched her with amusement. Hadn’t she claimed to have seen it all to be able to handle any surprise?

Well, it didn’t look like she’d quite recovered from this one yet.

Molly was stunned. She thought back to the sketches she’d given Arabella. With just a few strokes, Arabella had always managed to transform them into something even better.

She had noticed that Arabella’s design style was similar to Queen Abby’s, a daring, unique expression.

She had even asked Arabella, in a whisper, whether Queen Abby was a man or a woman and if she was old.

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Back then, Arabella had told her that Queen Abby was a woman and that she wasn’t old. She had even asked Arabella if she’d ever met Queen Abby.

dumb for not realizing that the famous master was right

been for Arabella, her life would have been completely different.

Queen Abby’s autograph, but as a small–time designer, she’d had no chance of

the contest required an assistant, but she had no

designers, they didn’t want to embarrass themselves at a design contest.

offered to go with her, giving her the courage and

had been a great help on her journey as a designer, not only helping her revise sketches and giving her advice but also clearing her

remembered once, when her work was slandered as plagiarism, Arabella had saved the day by quickly altering the design. Arabella had given her the

stream of Oscar sneaking into Arabella’s office to steal her design, clearing her own name, and

many design techniques. One night, she had insisted on treating Arabella to a barbecue when Myra sent a gang to cause trouble. Arabella had

Arabella that she was standing here

as Queen Abby from the start or not

gratitude, and emotion filling her gaze as she looked at

smiled slightly, thinking, “You dummy,