Ridge POV
So many happy faces, men and women all here, to meet the prince and Robynne, yet she's missing, and I feel a fraud, like I shouldn't be here, shouldn't be happy when Robynne was out there, somewhere, lost, hurt, betrayed, and it's all my fault.
Guilt raced through me like diarrhea, unable to stop it, unsure if I want to. I deserve to feel like this.
"Smile, you are scaring the ladies away." Hudson nudged me when another girl approached, smiling at Hudson and losing her smile hesitantly when looking at me.
I grunted at Hudson's suggestion and tried to put on a smile.
"Now you look constipated, not hanging around you, you're scaring them all away." Hudson left me alone to people-watch.
The royal family all had smiles on their faces, greeting people with the trained pleasantr
