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Chapter 7
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I couldn’t help but laugh. His reply was cheesy, even though I was being a bit immature by not properly introducing myself.
“You are laughing at me.” He pouted, and it was wrong how cute he looked. “Meanwhile, I was forced into this costume for your sake.”
“My sake?” I repeated and then remembered who was responsible for the outfit I was currently wearing. “My mom forced you to be my prince charming tonight.”
“Forced is an understatement.” He shook his head. “Your mother is...very queen-like.”
“What?”
“She gives no room for argument or disagreement and possesses the ability to leave you absolutely tongue-tied while maintaining a pleasant demeanor.” He described her so clearly I could automatically see it.
“Please don’t tell her that,” I said, leaning onto the side of the couch. “She’ll only say, ‘of course, because I am a queen.”
“She means her beauty titles?” he questioned.
I nodded. “It doesn’t matter how many years have gone by. She still acts as if she won them yesterday. I used to joke that she was prouder of those titles then she was of me.”
“And what was her reply to that?” he asked like he knew my mother wouldn’t let me win that argument. He was right, but he shouldn’t have picked that up so quickly.
“She said if not for those titles, I wouldn’t be alive, so I should be grateful.” I snickered to myself. Then I paused, sitting up quickly, frowning.
“What is it?”
I was so overwhelmed by him being here that I didn’t have time to process and think over what my mother was doing. “I shouldn’t be talking to you!”
“Why—”
Shifting, I faced him again. “Don’t you see what she is trying to do? She trapped us in here because she knew we would have to talk. And by talking, we would end up getting to know each other. In other words, she’s trying to force us to make a connection right now.”
He stared back at me, and I noticed his eyes weren’t pure blue. They had specs of green in them, and depending on how the light hit and how he held his gaze, they shifted from being too blue to green.
“I figured that,” he replied slowly then pointed to his clothes. “Why did that have to be done with these costumes. Are you a fan of this fairy tale?”
