Chapter 170: Having Lovers Is In Fashion
Melania rose from her chair, prepared to walk out of the room but then stopped and looked down at the opened letter on the small wooden desk. After a few moments of silent contemplation, she added,
"Loraline... I want you to hide this letter in one of your books for me, under the adjustable cover. The news about my brother ascending the throne is still a secret so I do not want any prying eyes to learn about it before it is made official. If you know what I mean."
Her attendant threw a quick glance at the letter, then looked back at the princess, and nodded.
"Yes, I will do so, Your Highness."
"Thank you."
Walking inside the palace’s main reception room, the young woman took a seat behind the beautifully arranged round table, stretched her lips into a perfect smile, and apologized,
"I hope you have already forgiven me, dear ladies, it was absolutely rude of me to rush out like this but I hope you can understand that some royal correspondence requires rather urgent attention."
Melania’s guests today were three noble ladies. As Felicity Tarran had already proclaimed herself the princess’s best friend, she was now in charge of helping her select the "right" guests to socialize with. This time, her guests of honor were the twin daughters of Duchess Averian––Celene and Daya Averian.
The twins were identical copies of one another––they were short, rather chubby but angelic-looking creatures who, despite their harmless appearances and warm smiles, had quite acid tongues and never shied away from letting everybody know their range of damage.