Chapter 23: Flirting With Him

Despite her explanation, her grandmother's phone calls kept coming and the incessant nagging was starting to affect her mood. She couldn't understand why Matilda was suddenly so insistent on her coming back to Australia. They had never been particularly close, and Catherine couldn't help but feel that her grandmother's newfound interest in her was solely because she had been chosen as the queen.

It left a bitter taste in Catherine's mouth. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. The old woman probably also didn't want people to think that Catherine wasn't treated well at home. But that was the absolute truth and also the reason she settled in the United States instead of Australia in the first place.

“Catherine, my dear, you need to be on an immediate flight back to Australia," Matilda insisted with a sense of urgency in her voice.

“Grandma, I already told you, it's not that simple. I have palace officials right here in my home now and they said I would be staying her