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GLENDA'S POV

Nana had sent me to call Maurice. At this time of the day, I was certain he'd be in his study, so I headed there.

On reaching there, I saw that the door was ajar so I decided against knocking. I poked my head through the small space of the door and regretted almost immediately after I heard Maurice's rigid voice.

“LUCY!”

I still at that moment because Maurice had his angry eyes on me.

“I could come back later.” I said in a small voice as I cowered under Maurice's gaze. If Maurice was already in a foul mood, then the best thing would be not to be in the center of the heat.

“It's fine!” Maurice snapped, but this time he had his glares peeled at a seething Lucy. “You can come in. Lucy was just leaving.”

Slowly, I walked further into the tensed room. It felt hot in there even though the weather was chilly.

Lucy stood up abruptly from her seat and twirled on her heels in annoyance. It made me wonder what they could have been talking about to stir this much heat between them.

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