title: Elizabeth; A Royal Pain
author:  Francine Pascal 
description: ngaged to someone else.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Elizabeth is falling in love. With Max. Heir to the earl's fortune. Fianc to a duchess. (Do people like this really exist?) They're completely different. But there's something there.
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  **E** **LIZABETH**  
   **B** **ETRAYED**
  
   **Written by**
  
   **Kate William**
  
   **Created by**
  
   **FRANCINE PASCAL**
  
  Copyright © 2015, Francine Pascal
  
  "I'd like an explanation," Mr. Collins said simply.
  
  Elizabeth raised her eyes. "An explanation? An explanation of what?"
  
  "This!" he said, holding her essay in front of her.
  
  "Well . . ." Elizabeth took a deep breath. "I know it's not the best I could
  do," she began, "but I was so busy with _The Oracle_ last week because
  everyone was out sick—"
  
  "Elizabeth!" Mr. Collins cut her off. "Please don't make this any harder than
  it already is. I spent a sleepless night trying to come up with reasons why
  you would do this, trying to explain it to myself somehow." There was real
  pain in his eyes when he looked at her. "You're the last person in the world I
  would have thought would do something like this."
  
  Suddenly Elizabeth realized that she and Mr. Collins weren't talking about the
  same thing. The anger and disappo