Chapter 27

My eyes widened in confusion as I tried to convince Miss Felice that I had nothing going on with Leigh. "But Miss Felice, I don't understand why you're warning me away from him. I'm not even interested in him romantically, and we have nothing going on." I said as I gestured frantically. Leigh and I were basically two parallel lines, he hated me and didn't like me anywhere near his brother, I really wonder how Miss Felice got to the conclusion that we were involved romantically and that I was probably going to snatch him away from his chosen mate.

Miss Felice's expression turned stern. "Don't play dumb, child. I know all about the way he looks at you, how he dotes on you and everything else. As an old servant of this household, nothing gets past me."

"You must have misunderstood, the issue between Leigh and I is not as you think, there was a misunderstanding between us and his attitude towards me is far from doting," I said aloud "it's more like annoyance about my very existence." I sa