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Author: Um_royhan
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CHAPTER 20

AMELIA

It was the day of the competition and I kept clenching my hands together, I was nervous and I couldn't. Keep my heart from racing, I had the cooking skills of a five-year-old and I wasn't even that good.

I knew Alaric couldn't come to my rescue today because he had to keep a low profile and tone down the favoritism. I was on my own.

Well technically, I wasn't completely on my own, I had Constance by my side who is meant to assist me but she isn't allowed to give me any direction or intervene.

So, yes, I was on my own today.

We all walked up to the cooking quarters dressed in our aprons and forced to put on a smile to appear appealing.

"You would have to wear your smile on all the time during the cooking contest," Constance had reminded me before we went up to the courtyard, and I frowned almost immediately.

"Why," I had asked, I don't know why I had to be forced to do something as remotely boring as cooking and forced to wear a smile the entire time while d
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