"I'm not smart." Ashley sighed as she remembered her so-called father. 'You just acted like my father.' Then she asked, "So what is it, Your Highness?"
Louie stopped laughing and smirked, "Help me destroy the bond between your father and Count Lottway."
Ashley stared at him awhile and then asked, "How?"
Evan got surprised by her response, "You don't have to do it, Ashley. Don't-" He couldn't finish what he was about to say when Ashley faced him and said, "I want to hear it."
Evan clenched his jaw as he glared at Louie, who was grinning. "How about coming to the ball with Evan as his lover? Much better as his Grand Duchess?"
Ashley frowned, "How would that help to destroy them?"
"If Count Lottway knew that Count Harriston's daughter got affiliated with the Royal Family, wouldn't that break their trust?"
