Chapter 5. The Prince and The Player (1)

[2018, December 4th]

“Are you people out of your bloody minds!”

Zoey knew that she was yelling, but she couldn’t help it.

“I just met the lot of you two days ago, one day really,” she sucked in a deep, much needed breath, “and now you want me to marry some dude I have never even met?”

His Grace raised his hand in dismissal of Zoey and said, “Silence! You are of the House of Arden and you will accept the prince’s hand. There will be no discussion on the matter.”

Duke Arden, however, was not accustomed to Zoey’s temper.

“The hell I will! You know what? How about you keep your money and I keep my hand and we just call it even? Cool? Dandy.”

She stormed off, well aware that she was bound to get lost in the mansion and not caring at all.

“Why that little... You come back here this instant!” Duchess Arden shrieked.

“She seems to have the right idea,” Bart shrugged, fishing his keys out of his pocket and tossing them up into the air.