THE MEETING INVOLVED the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for the entire university, the Head of Amelia’s college, as well as her own academic advisor. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, who wore his academic gown to the meeting and frowned at Amelia over thick-rimmed spectacles, was definitely not pleased with the drama the press’s response to Amelia had created. He blamed her squarely for the entire situation, which was so unfair Amelia didn’t know how to respond. She was relatively certain she only avoided being slut-shamed because the Prince was involved.
In the end they agreed to increase security around the buildings she worked in and to be vigilant about paparazzi around university buildings in general. Amelia, however, had the sense that this fix had no real meaning, would not do much good, and li
