Chapter 35: Why me? (3)

"I am not playing with you, Hazel. That is the last thing I want to do to you so just be happy when I pick you so you can explore the palace and see what comes from this. At the moment, there isn't anyone I think I want to marry. There are only seven days to make a decision," said Tobias.

He had to stay with the woman he picked for years to come and start trying for the next prince as soon as they wed. Seven days wasn't enough and it didn't help that he didn't get to spend time with many of the women before the selection. Not that he wanted to.

"Seven days would be enough for us women because we need to snag a husband fast before all the good ones who can take care of us are gone. You'd be surprised by how many women here already love you. Like my sister,"' Hazel said, now thinking of the portrait Helena had in her room of Tobias. 

Those portraits were sold all through the market and there were some of the other popular men around the town.