HOW TO NEGOTIATE

[A few minutes before Sonata arrived at Princess Mikaela's tea party...]

"LADY NATA, here is the guest list for Princess Mikaela's afternoon tea party."

"Thank you, Aubrey," Sonata said when she received the document from her right-hand woman. "You didn't get caught, did you?"

"Of course not, my lady," Aubrey said proudly. "Ah, I also saw Lord Diether Hexford's secretary leaving the princess' palace sneakily. I think we were there for the same reason."

That didn't surprise her.

[I know my husband is keeping an eye on Princess Mikaela's movements, after all.]

Anyway, she was running late to Princess Mikaela's tea party.

But what could she do?

She was summoned by the king and her father-in-law.

Hence, she was walking towards the secret passageway to His Majesty's secret conference room with Aubrey.

[Let's check the guest list first.]