The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 213

Yoli finally bagged second place, but before she could pop the champagne, the tables turned. Attlee was a cocktail of emotions - regret, heartache, anger, and frustration all in one.

He thought of Allbara Investment and the penny dropped.

"So, she's been dining with Dylan and his gang, no wonder Mario is treating her like a queen." Attlee said.

It was probably because she was Maestro Melody, so she had got a bunch of big shots in her corner.

Attlee was kicking himself, "We should have called Yoli in. All we can do now is apologize to her sincerely, fingers crossed she'll forgive us."

"Why?" Olga protested loudly, "Yoli already apologized on stage."

Were they supposed to apologize in private too? Wasn't that just lowering themselves and letting Arabella walk all over them?

"If we could avoid a six million loss just by saying sorry, you'd be laughing your ass off!" Attlee sensed that this was more than meets the eye, "What I'm worried about is, we've hurt that kid too many times. She might not let us off the hook so easily."

She had already blocked their phone numbers.

"Didn't she used to fancy Yoli's necklace? We could give that to her." Olga said.

Before Olga could finish, Attlee started laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Olga asked.

"Do you think a piano maestro would be short of cash for a necklace?" Attlee asked.