Lunch was spent talking about their morning when Charlotte made her way to let them know their guests had arrived and were expecting them on the ball room. Andy grabbed the ice for her hand and got up to follow her grandmother.

She was not expecting to see Miranda there in all her glory and found herself frozen in place before smiling fondly at the sight

¨Miranda darling, how are you this fine day? I am thankful you took the time to come here. How are your beautiful twins? I hope they got my gifts for their birthday¨ Clarisse asked Miranda while kissing each cheek and smiling softly.

¨Clarisse it´s a pleasure to see you again and I am glad I can be of assistance. I am quite happy and the girls simply loved their tablets and tickets for Michael Bubble´s concert. They couldn´t believe you knew their love for his music¨ Miranda said

¨I am certainly glad they enjoyed it. Please let me introduce you to my granddaughter …¨ Clarisse turned to introduce the woman to her granddaughter but was stopped by Miranda´s surprised look and voice

¨Andrea!?¨ Miranda said with a gasp and a soft amazed voice

¨Hello Miranda, you look beautiful¨ Andrea said while taking in the older woman´s power suit that hugged her body making Andrea´s imagination run loose

¨You know each… Oh, of course¨ Clarisse said before she chuckled and shaking her head. She should´ve figured her loving granddaughter would fall in love with this amazing woman and her beautiful daughters.

Miranda was about to inquire why the young woman had failed to tell her about her linage when she saw the ice pack Andrea was holding over her hand and the bruises on her arms. All thoughts went out the window and she simply went up the young woman to hold her injured hand softly to examine it and put her other hand on Andrea´s cheek. This whole situation had Nigel, Serena and Emily with shocked looks on their faces much to Charlotte's and Clarisse´s amusement. It was clear as day the love shared by both women.

¨What happened darling? Why are you injured? Who did this? What happened to your arms?¨ Miranda said hushed and lovingly but it was obvious by her posture and voice that she was angry as hell

¨I ran into Nate but you don´t have to worry about it Miranda¨ Andy said while leaning into the hand on her cheek and smiling lovingly at the older woman

¨Not worry?! I am going to kill that little man-child with my own hands!¨ Miranda continued with murderous eyes making Clarisse chuckle which brought the woman back to reality and had her blushing like crazy.¨ Oh god, I didn´t just say that in front of Clarisse! What she must think¨ Miranda thought

¨Miranda, I can assure you that young man is going to be taken care of as I have made sure of it¨ Clarisse said shocking everyone including Miranda herself. No one had ever heard the Queen subtly say she was going to ruin someone.

¨I am so…¨ Miranda started though she didn´t let go of Andrea´s hand and was stopped by Clarisse´s hand who simply smiled and added

¨Besides my sweet granddaughter here made sure he isn´t able to talk for a while¨ Clarisse said amused

¨What do you mean? What does she mean Andrea?¨ Miranda asked turning to the stunning young girl

¨I may have broken his jaw¨ Andy said while blushing and rubbing the back of her neck

Much to everyone´s surprise Miranda let out a laugh and hugged the young woman tightly who was happy to hug her back. Since they were so close only Andy heard Miranda whisper ¨I´m still getting a piece of that idiot myself¨ which made Andy shiver and chuckle

Nigel, Serena and Emily were stunned into silence and sharing amazed looks. In just a few minutes they had seen Miranda touch, comfort, threatened, caressed and hug a woman they had no idea was a part of her life.

Miranda let go of Andy and asked her softly ¨Why didn´t you tell me you were Clarisse´s granddaughter? ¨

Before Andy could answer Clarisse interrupted ¨Perhaps we could share a tea given that this situation is a lot more important right now than the lesson itself. Charlotte please let our chef know we are to drink tea in the garden since it´s such a lovely day. If you could all just follow me please¨ the Queen finished while making her way to the garden while being followed by everyone but Miranda and Andy. The last simply couldn´t help but chuckle at her grandmother´s antics before turning back to her beautiful companion

¨Miranda I assure you I was in no way trying to keep information from you. Please lets go with them since I believe my grandmother wants to speak to all of you together¨ Andy finished while kissing the woman´s hand that held her injured one.

Having said this Andy led Miranda by the hand through the mansion and towards the garden where everyone was already sited but had left two chairs next to each other for them.

¨Well, I think Andrea here has her own story to tell but I will remind you all of the discretion and confidentiality agreement you were made to sign by Charlotte when you arrived¨ Clarisse said softly but firmly

¨All I think needs to be said is that I was made aware of being a Princess and heir for the Genovia´s throne yesterday.¨ Andy said while turning fully to Miranda but turned to Nigel who asked what probably everyone but Emily and Clarisse had on their mind while their teas were being handled to them

¨How do you know Miranda? ¨ This made both woman blush a little.

¨She is the person who found my bobbsies on Central Park and brought them back to the office¨ Miranda said softly before turning to Andrea with teary eyes and asking ¨This would mean you are to move there doesn´t it?¨

¨You see Miranda, the situation is quite rough since the parliament is considering giving the throne to the next family in line once I retire and that would mean a great fall on our economic and social situation. We have arranged for my dear granddaughter to have lessons in case she decides to accept to be the next Queen. We have brought you here to help her make better style decisions¨ Clarisse said trying to save her granddaughter from engaging on a really personal topic in front of so many people

¨That´s a really nice way of saying you find my style to be horrendous¨ Andy said while chuckling and making everybody laugh.

¨I never said such a thing my darling Andrea! ¨ Clarisse said with an amused look before continuing ¨The due date is going to be Genovia´s Independence day Ball in 6 weeks. Would you be able to help us Miranda? ¨ the older woman turned to the white headed editor trying to convey her understanding of the situation at hand.

That´s probably why Miranda stopped her questioning and answered strongly ¨Of course your Majesty, it will be my pleasure¨

¨very well, shall we head to the ball room to continue today´s lesson? ¨ Clarisse said earning a nod from everyone