Chapter 95: Preparation For tea Party (I)
Primrose had asked Solene to send out the invitations for her tea party ever since she received the ring from Edmund.
She thought the ladies wouldn’t dare reject a personal invitation from the queen. But it turned out that was a foolish assumption, because just one day before the tea party, Primrose received five letters of apology.
Some said they were sick and couldn’t attend. Others claimed they were away from the capital and wouldn’t be able to make it to the palace on time.
Primrose let out a heavy sigh and tossed the apology letters, which looked more like rejection notes, onto the table.
She pouted and tapped her foot against the floor a few times, trying to calm the irritation bubbling inside her.
"Can you believe this?" she said, turning to the rabbit doll sitting beside her. Its black button eyes stared right at her, as if it actually understood what she was feeling. "They rejected my invitation."
It was almost midnight by the time Primrose opened the letters. She had waited until Solene and Marielle were leaving her alone because she didn’t want either of them to see how disappointed she was.
It wasn’t like she expected to become best friends with those ladies, but still ... she had hoped they’d at least show up after all the effort she’d put into the tea party.
"I know they had their reasons," Primrose muttered, still talking to the doll as if it were a real companion. "But let’s be honest. Most of them were just making excuses."
She sighed again, softer this time. "In my homeland, whenever I invited noble ladies to a tea party, they’d go out of their way to come. Even if they were busy, they always made time."
Primrose was the daughter of the Duke of Illvaris, a noble so well-respected that just hearing his name was enough to earn someone’s trust.