Lies

 "Tiffany! You don't have to pull up such stunt because you want us to leave. I have every right to know why he decided to lie about his name", Alyssa said calmly, trying so hard to make Tiffany understand.

 "He is not Nathaniel!" Tiffany dropped and Alyssa turned to stare at him again.

 "Then who is he?" Alyssa asked again. This time, there was a crack in her voice as she stared at Tiffany and back at Liam.

 "He is the prince! Can't you see the gold on his wrist", Tiffany explained again and Alyssa turned to gaze at Liam.

 She hoped that he would counter it, or laugh aloud at the dry joke. She even wished that he would warn Tiffany about playing around with such kind of things.

 But then, everywhere was dead silent…

 Liam was gazing at her with clear guilt written on his face and Tiffany wore an apologetic look on her face.

 Slowly, it dawned on her- He was really the prince…