"Good choice," Sophia said as she watched Nicholas bring over two glasses of vermouth.
"It's not champagne but it'll do," Sophia said, satisfied.
"That's something we can both agree on," Nicholas said with a slight smile.
Sophia raised her glass, looking Nicholas in the eye whilst grinning.
"To Julia."
The two royals clinked glasses.
"To Julia," Nicholas said as both the royals took a sip from their respective glasses.
Smooth jazz music played, and the guests were left blissfully unaware of the true reason why this dinner dance was held in the first place but enjoying themselves nonetheless.
A couple of tables away, Louis' tapped his fingers on the table, visibly nervous by the presence of a certain person. He had an entire table to himself, fortunately.
"Why is he here," he wondered, regretting his decision to return to Beldovia for his sister when there was the possibility he'd meet him.
