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Chapter 320. My Secret

Author: J Cruz
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Anna/Linda POV

“Keep the change,” I told the cab driver when I handed him my fare before I hurriedly got out of the car.

I tilted my head to survey the apartment building that had become my home in the last six months.

It was different from what I was used to, but it was better than choosing a more lucrative place and tipping off my father as to my location.

Nobody would suspect that I was staying here.

Yes, I ran away from home. Again.

I don’t remember how many times I had left home to impress upon my father, the reigning King of Arkadia, that royal life was not for me.

Royal life was stifling. I never cared about protocols or following rules. I hated it.

I want to be free.

I wanted to be someone other than the role thrust into my hands since I was born.

Two years ago, my father’s men caught up with me and forcibly took me back to Arkadia.

He wanted me to settle in the kingdom and assume the role I kept shunning away from all my life.

“When are you going to be responsibl
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J Cruz
yeah. i am also excited to write about this.
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thank you so much for reaching this far.
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let's see. flint's the most playful so....
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