Juniper sank down onto the couch, which was positioned over a simple rug, and stared out the large window. Her entire day had been spent in the exhausting, tedious work of cleaning the house.
Once, she had the world at her feet, servants, status, and the title of Prince's mate. Now, she had lost all of it because of her boundless greed.
Dominick made no attempt to return to her, nor had he tried calling her. She had been clinging to the desperate hope of a single call, anticipating that he might offer her one last chance, a final reprieve.
"Did Gabriel not tell about me to Nick?" she mumbled to herself.
As she wrapped her arms around her legs, her stomach growled. She realized with a dull ache that she hadn't eaten anything since the night before. She grabbed her phone from the coffee table and decided to go out to a store nearby.
After a short while, she entered a small grocery shop and quickly filled a cart with basic food items. She moved to the counter to make the payment.
