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“She cried for a week when he told us he was moving back to Italy because he was getting married.”
Someone needed to create a black hole and suck us all away. Really, she was just doing this to drive me insane at this point.
“A week? You?” He smiled like the lazy cat in Alice and Wonderland. “You are such an heiress.”
“Mom, why don’t you cook? Or better yet, teach your gossip buddy here,” I grumbled, walking away from him and toward the fridge. However, when I opened it, almost everything was gone. There was just fruit, yogurt, and water.
“Oh, I’ve been eating out recently, too,” she said, coming up beside me. “Why don’t you and Gale go to the grocery store so we can make a nice dinner.”
I was trying my best not to lose it with her blatant efforts, but she was trying my patience.
“You don’t mind, do you, Gale?”
“Not at all. Besides, it will give us a chance to test out my new look.”
I flipped back to him, but he just nodded to my mother. I wasn’t sure what secret deal they had going, but I didn’t like it at all.
“Miss, I think you dropped this.” Wolfgang bent down to pick up the envelope I had brought over and must have dropped at the sight of Gale.
“Right, thank you.” I took it and showed it to my mom. “Did you know Etheus was having a global Get Active campaign today? Apparently, Augusta and I were asked to come.”
“You know I don’t check the mail anymore. It’s depressing.” She waved me off and walked away.
“Mom, I can’t just miss company events. Now Augusta is going to call—”
“What do you all feel like eating this afternoon?” she cut me off to ask them.
“Anything is fine,” Gale said back.
“Your Highness, you forget,” Iskandar stated. “You are not to eat shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, oysters, scallops, or any raw meats or spicy foods.”
“Are you allergic to all of that?”
Gale frowned, annoyance on his face. “No, more palace rules. Shellfish have a high risk of causing foodborne illness, so while abroad, we are told never to eat any of it. We are not even supposed to take tap water.”
Wow.
“Well, that takes a lot off the table,” my mother said, tapping her finger on her chin. “Odette makes a fantastic pot roast with red wine sauce, though.”
“That takes four hours...and wait, why am I cooking? I just got back.”
She snapped her fingers and pointed to me. “Your creamy, lemon-butter chicken with thyme. And you can make a lot of it.”
“Are you not hearing the words out of my mouth?” I asked, tired.
Gale chuckled softly. “That sounds lovely, and I do not mind going on my first adventure to the grocery store, so I am not laughed at by the brown-eyed heiress.”
Of course, he would use this against me.
“Fine, but if you are going to join us commoners at the grocery store, you have to come alone.”
“Gladly.”
“No,” Iskandar stated.
“Iskandar, you just said no one would assume it was me with the hairpiece on,” Gale argued.
“That may be true. However, you are still you, and you cannot go without a guard,” he stated back.
