CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
My fingers tremble over the screen.
My stomach drops. That information…
Not even Mia knew that.
Not anyone outside a tight circle.
So how—?
My breath catches. Someone leaked this.
Someone with access… someone close enough to the palace. Someone who wants me humiliated.
A slow, cold realization spreads through my spine.
Someone is deliberately trying to destroy me.
Not just rumors.
A calculated attack.
But who?
The thought makes my throat close.
I clutch my little bump, suddenly terrified, suddenly protective.
A soft knock pulls me back into the room, and Nina steps in cautiously. One look at my face and she’s frozen.
“Milady…?” she whispers.
The phone slips from my hand as a tear slides down my cheek. “They… they dug into my father’s hospital bills. The
