Chapter 10. My Yesterday, My Tomorrow (1)

[2017, June 4th]

CC was thrilled to be back home with her family. When she decided to go to boarding school this year after her father had been nagging her about it for years, she didn’t realize just how much she would miss them. London was a different world. CC quickly grew accustomed to freedoms that being a princess had never allowed her, the kind of freedom Aaron always seemed to be able to snatch despite being a future crown prince.

As amazing as that freedom was, London didn’t have him. Coming back right before midterms was asking for trouble, but she didn’t care. It was Bart’s birthday and she meant to see him. This was the year she was going to dance with him, consequences be damned. It really had been too long and the yearning was probably going to her head, but she meant it this time.

“Watch out Lord Bartholomew Arden, because I’m coming for you,” she said to herself, smiling down at the bracelet around her wrist.

Bart gave it to her the first time