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"That’s a for of which, the queen would like to perform the ceremony in two months, unless you have other plans?" His voice rose at the end letting me knoas a question

"I do believe my calendar is clear"

"Not exactly, but I understand what you mean I’ll let the lord chamberlain know" He sotten the over his paperwork at any minute"

"Great! Is he here in town?" I sat up and leaned forward

"Not yet He was in Paris for a convention and to see a few patients He keeps in regular touch with his office though, so we can expect steady updates" Chadwick smiled a bit mischievously "Apparently the doctor was excited to help out America’s Duchess"

"Oh no Tell me that hasn’t stuck"

"It certainly has Catchy, if you think about There’s a definite fascination with royals in America Probably because they don’t have any of their own" Chadwick flipped open his notebook to a different page "I hope you don’t e inventoried and I believe shopping may be in order You have several lovely dresses and outfits, but the fact is you’re going to need lared at him and set down my cup He picked it up and put a coaster underneath "You inventoriedyou need" He looked at me with patient eyes "I know it feels like an intrusion, but try to not look at it like that Besides, I couldn’t care less about your bras and panties--they wouldn’t fit htclothes You only brought tank tops and giant shirts" He said it like it was a criiant shirts if you like that sort of stuff, but if you’re going to let Prince Alex help you undress each night you led his eyebrows "Not that I’ll say a word about it of course Not a word"

"It’s not like that!" I sputtered "He’s a friend and I couldn’t reach the zipper… I just… It wasn’t like that!"

"Of course not, honey Not that I’d bla" Chadwick sh his red hair and winked "And if you need any help next ti to see to you, which hen I caught Alex leaving your room"

"Oh, um" I wasn’t exactly anyto be ogling you, if that’s what you’re worried about Not the right bits, okay?"

"Oh Okay" That explained the joke about my bras and panties "Listen, you really can’t tell anyone what you saw last night It was nothing and Alex has had enough trouble with the press"

"You can trust iven this job if there was a chance I’d leak stuff to the press or start any ru to order soet dressed Any preference?"

"Fruit? Maybe sourt or oatmeal?"

"Done I’d wear the blue suit-dress It’ll look lovely on you And it would be appropriately patriotic" Chadwick disappeared out the door and I wondered what had just happened I did as he said though, grabbinga shower I hurried because I wasn’t sure how long I had before the food would be back There was a blow-dryer in the bathroom, so I quickly dried my hair and pulled half of it back out of my face The sheath dress fit perfectly, but I hated I had to wear hose with it It wasn’t really a suit, but rather a simple dress with a fitted jacket over it I put s back on and slipped into the nude pu on the table near the fireplace Someone had stoked the fire, so I was very toasty as I watched the light snow flutter outside the hile I ate Chadwick had a bowl of soup as ent over the schedule for the rest of the day Once I was ready to leave, Becca and another "suit" caht to the embassy to meet with the araphers outside the palace gates and more e reached the e inside out of the cold If Chadwick hadn’t given me puppy eyes, I wouldn’t have stopped for a picture at all

Chadwick turned out to be invaluable He knew everyone by nas they were currently working on The ambassador was a nice lady with blond hair, serious eyes, and quick stransportation for my father I was there for an hour total It was like a ind history class There were dates, stories, and pictures I could only pray I wouldn’t be tested on any of it Then again, Chadould make an excellent cheat sheet We made an appearance at an elementary school for American workers and expats sent their children to I enjoyed that visit much more than I did the one to the embassy The children had all kinds of crazy questions I took a picture with one of the classes and a tiny girl with dark brown hair in braids crawled into rapher had h, he seemed to understand too many pictures would drive everyone crazy