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CHAPTER 32
“You know you don’t have to take me with you, right?” Ingrid asked.
“Well, I think now is a good time to formally introduce you to them as my girlfriend. It should also help my father understand that it would be a very good time for him to stop trying to set me up with other people,” Elin told her. “Plus, my mom asked to meet you.”
“Your momhasmet me,” Ingrid pointed out.
“Not as the woman who’s dating her daughter,” Elin replied. “Sorry, but in my world, the whole meet-the-parents thing happens pretty early in relationships. Usually, you’d even be introducedbythe parents.”
“Elin, I don’t mind meeting your parents. I just know you wanted to talk to your dad tonight.”
“And I will.” Elin took her hand. “I just have that formal reception for the ambassadors tomorrow night, so I won’t be able to see you. Then, I’m back in St. Rais for that charity thing for Palmer’s organization.”
Ingrid nodded solemnly, and Elin kissed Ingrid’s palm.
“You know I’d take you with me if I could.”
“I do.” Ingrid smiled softly. “I have to work anyway.”
“Once we tell people about us, you’ll be my official escort to everything I have to attend.”
“Oh, I guess I will be,” Ingrid said, seemingly realizing it at the same time.
“You hadn’t thought about that?”
“No, I was your secretary, so I got used to either not being there at all or being behind the scenes. Will I have to dress up?”
Elin laughed, kissed her cheek, and said, “Yes, but we’ll take care of that.”
“I hate formal wear.”
“You thinkIlike it?”
“You look so good in it, though,” Ingrid replied.
“I do?”
“You always looked like a Disney princess to me,” Ingrid admitted. “I also really like when you’re comfortable, though. I’ve loved sleeping next to you, getting to see you in your pajamas and when you wake up in the morning with messy hair.”
“Shut up,” Elin said through her laughter.
The car pulled up to her parents’ new residence, and the door was opened for them. Elin got out first and held her hand there for Ingrid to take. She did, and Elin smiled as Ingrid stepped out of the car, looking gorgeous in a plain-black dress. Of course, she had a coat on over it, but Elin knew what that dress looked like on her underneath, and Ingrid looked beautiful.
“Hi, honey,” her mother greeted when she opened the door.
“Hi, Mom,” Elin replied, letting go of Ingrid’s hand to hug her mother.
“Hello, Ingrid,” her mother addressed Ingrid next.
“Your Royal Highness,” Ingrid replied with a bow of her head.
“You didn’t tell her?”
“No, I honestly didn’t think about it,” Elin said and turned to Ingrid. “You can call her Sigrid tonight. You’re here as my girlfriend. My dad is just Hans.”
“Oh, I don’t know if I can do that,” Ingrid replied, smiling shyly.
“You’ll get used to it,” Elin’s mother told her, pulling Ingrid in for a hug. “It’s good to see you, dear.”
