I shook my head, trying to get the words unstuck from my mind. It didn't work. I knew I finally had to face reality.I had some sort of feelings for Lionel, that much was obvious. I had feelings and I had expectations for him that were unfair to both of us. This... relationship or whatever it was, i
"No!" I exclaimed quickly, feeling my face heating up. "I was just giving you an example!" I said in exasperation.Lionel rolled his eyes at me. "Even if you did insist, it wouldn't have been included in the contract. That would be illegal."I let out a huff, glaring at him. He took everything I sai
I practically jumped backwards as I looked down to the dark hardwood floors. I crouched down to pick up, whatever the offending object was. I paused.It was a beautiful silver cufflink, intricate and beautiful. On the front of the cufflink was an engraved trio of wolfsbane flowers, on the back of th
"I heard you scream and I thought something might've happened. Are you alright?" Lionel asked, voice low as he held me against his chest.My heart fluttered against my ribs, my pulse racing. I couldn't think of anything to say as a response, not when he was so close and warm against me. I opened and
Lionel looked back to me with a small smile on his face. "Then, we'll take it."I looked away from Lionel, back to my reflection in the mirror. My face was flushed and pink. I smiled to myself.But there were still other things to do. After we changed back into our normal clothes, the girls went to
"What are you doing?" I asked flustered, my face warm. I kept my voice low as Lionel's arms were wrapped around my waist.It was one thing for him to do this sort of thing when it was just us or the girls, but I couldn't believe he was acting this way when we were around so many other important peop
"Please, just follow me." The maid said, walking back into the house and rushing through the hall until we arrived in a small room. But the girls weren't there.It was Cora.The room was small and dimly lit with two overstuffed chairs and a small side table between them. On the table were two wine g
Lionel’s POVI looked down at Nan after she had fallen into my arms. I cradled her close to my chest protectively. She was disheveled, her hair was all over the place, her dress slightly torn and stretched around her as if someone had been trying to remove it.But worse than that, she didn’t look li