The Pretender and The Prince novel Chapter 55

That evening, Seth didn’t come home.

After dinner, Hayden asked Zaria, “Your brother said he’s in love with someone. Do you know who it is?”

Jolie looked surprised. “Seth is in love? He never mentioned anything. If I had known, I never would have arranged that blind date.”

Zaria shrugged. “Of course I know. It’s Ethel, isn’t it? He’s been hung up on her for years.”

“Ethel?” Jolie was shocked. “But they broke up three or four years ago.”

“Yep,” Zaria said, scrolling through her phone. “My brother is a one-woman man.”

Hayden snorted. “If he’s so devoted, why didn’t he chase her across the world? Why wait four years?”

“My brother has his pride, Dad,” Zaria said without looking up. “I’ve never seen him chase after anyone. Ethel was the one who pursued him. If she came back, they might get back together, but him chasing her to another country? Never going to happen.”

“He’s almost twenty-six and doesn’t even have a girlfriend,” Hayden grumbled.

Zaria laughed. “Dad, you don’t need to worry about him. The line of women who want to be with my brother could stretch from here to the Antarctic Pole. If he wanted to, you could have grandkids tomorrow.”

Hayden scoffed. “That’s a big ‘if’.”

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Later that night, Zaria was in bed, video-chatting with Ondine.

“Ondine, you won’t believe it. My brother went on a blind date today.”

Ondine’s heart seized, her fingers tightening on her phone. She tried to keep her voice casual, but her mind was racing. “He did? How did it go?”

“Ha! He told the girl he wasn’t interested and then just left her there.”

Ondine let out a breath she didn’t realize she’d been holding.

“Ugh, it’s been almost four years, and my brother is still not over Ethel,” Zaria sighed. “To be honest, the girl today was really pretty. Elegant, classy, a great match for him. But he wasn’t interested.”

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