Chapter 180: Wedding Plans

Spencer's POV

“Does holding the wedding in a week work for you?”

I look up at my mother in surprise. “Wait, did you hear me–”

“I don’t care if your wedding is real or not,” the queen replies. “Goodness, Spencer. No royal weddings ever are. We don’t marry for love, we marry for duty. You think your father hasn’t taken lovers over the course of our marriage? Or even myself? You don’t have to commit to Delilah in every sense of the word, just enough for our agenda to be fulfilled.”

I stare up at my mother in shock. Is this what royal weddings are supposed to be? The broken promises? The lies?

If Ivy and I ever get married–and I really hope we get the chance to–our wedding won’t be like that. Our marriage won’t either. We’ll build something strong and true, able to withstand the stress and wear of time.

I’d build us such a good life together, if only we get the chance.

I need our enemies to be gone. I need Ivy to be safe. I need everything to be the way it should be.

“So,” my mother