I had to collect my thoughts and pretend like everything was fine when speaking to everybody else.
We had arranged a little tea party in the royal garden for the guests. I wore a brown dress for the evening. Vania had been all over the place, drinking around with her friends.
Elijah had been silently standing in the corner. It was hard for him to catch a break since, obviously, he was the most talked about person of the evening. Everybody wanted to get near him and have a word with him. We haven’t talked since he gave my in-law’s terrible advice on how Gina can prevent a rejection.
I was still upset over the fact that he wanted to make my life miserable if I did not accept him.
While talking to everyone, I realized I hadn’t seen Gina in a while. It irked me because Dom wasn’t around, e
