Mia grimaced. It was unfair of her to slip in her aunt's title so casually. In reality, the woman had given up her title, officially, so that the princess's husband could be a Count, but Aunt Annie and Uncle Trace were still very important people in the capital. They still possessed most of the inheritance that had been due to the daughter of a Count, and the farm was something that was often managed by her brothers.
Bad form, certainly, to brag about such a thing. She regretted it immediately. She wanted so badly for Ford to like her!
The minute he'd started to express any sort of interest in getting to know her better, she had to go and ruin it trying to impress him. It was absurd and she was rather upset at herself for not having the good sense to keep quiet about those sorts of things.
She snuck a look at him. His jaw was clenched, and she colored.
