Chapter 101: Back from University

Mirabel came over to clean the room again, and this time she had no caustic remarks, thank goodness. Hallie didn’t know if she could take it at the moment.

Hallie tried to focus on her own work instead of these self-recriminations, but a knock at the door interrupted her.

She thought it was probably just one of the staff, delivering another outfit, but the visitor was a young lady of high society. She was dressed simply, but very expensively.

Hallie recognized her from some of the portraits adorning the castle walls: it was Princess Annamaria, Luke’s sister!

Hallie would have been thrilled to meet her under normal circumstances, but now that she was on the outs with Luke, she didn’t know how to react.

The young woman, tall and blue-eyed like Luke, didn’t seem fazed by her hesitation.