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“You can go toallof the American football games,” Elizabeth teased.

“Can I bring Leif and Soph so that they can get introduced?”

“Too far, baby,” Elizabeth joked.

CHAPTER 29

“How is London?”

“It’s London,” Elin replied. “I’m here for work, not fun.”

“Well, how iswork, then?” Ingrid asked.

“It’s a summit of prominent royal families to talk about the monarchy’s future in their respective countries; how do you think it is?” Elin asked, laughing.

“I miss you,” Ingrid told her.

She’d said that on each of their nightly phone calls since their first date.

“I miss you, too,” Elin replied.

And Elin had said it back each time.

“Will I still get to see you tomorrow?” Ingrid asked.

“Yes, I’ll pick you up in the morning.”

“Why, exactly, are you picking me up in the morning?”

“You gotyoursurprise date. Let me have mine,” Elin said.

“Yes, Your Majesty,” Ingrid teased.

“I like it better when you call me Elin,” she said.

“I like that, too,” Ingrid replied.

“I bet you do,” Sarah Anne spoke from behind Ingrid.

“You bet I do what?” Ingrid said. “And when did you get there?”

“I walked out of my room right about the time you told her you missed her,” Sarah replied.

“Is that Sarah?” Elin asked.

“Yes, she came out here to interrupt my phone call, apparently. What made me think I would want to live with my sister?”

“Hi, Elin,” Sarah said louder.

“Tell her I said hi,” Elin replied on the other side of the line, hearing Ingrid’s sister.

“She says hi, too,” Ingrid told Sarah.

“When is she coming back?”

“Sarah, I’m on the phone,” Ingrid scolded her sister.

Elin laughed and said, “I have to go anyway.”

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