#Chapter 17 A royal tea party

Fiona Several days had passed, and I was beginning to get used to the daily routine of the palace and Alexander. I had not met Alexander’s family and hoped to do so soon. I missed Nina terribly and hoped to have her visit next week to start planning for the wedding. I wanted this to be different than Baron. As I finished getting ready and was about to leave for etiquette classes, I heard Alexander’s office door squeak, which was strange because he was already gone. I ducked behind the small sofa near the game table and pulled out my phone. The maids didn’t come to clean the room until later, and Alexander had introduced me to every hand-picked maid he had screened so that I knew who to trust. When I saw the short dark hair, I knew it was Susan. She wasn’t supposed to be here in the West Wing. Alexander had thought she was loyal to him but knew now she worked for his stepmother. She had once worked for his mother and thought she would be devoted to him, but too many years had