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“I don’t belong here,” Mo wailed loudly, blowing her nose into her cloth napkin.
“She’ll come around,” the prince promised, making Tess feel like scoffing. Somehow she managed to refrain, even though she knew there was no way that hateful woman would ever approve of Mo marrying her regal son.
Proving that she didn’t believe his comforting words any more than Tess did, Mo said, “She hates me!”
“She hates everyone at first.” It was Sebastian that spoke, and Tess was surprised that he would speak so strongly about his sovereign. When he added, “It’s part of her charm,” and began chuckling at his own joke, she couldn’t help but laugh with him.
Before long, they were all giggling. It felt wrong to be ridiculing such a prominent member of the royal family, but she had been so mean to the
