Diego Hudson.

​ “I’m going home. My dad needs me,” she turned around to face him, and regretted it. His wild, turbulent gaze set her soul alight. In those eyes, were words he couldn’t, or wouldn’t, say. It’s better this way, Audrey tried to convince herself.

​ “I’ll be at your service when you need me…Mr Reynolds.”Audrey pulled her hand from his.

Lucien was struck dumb, and was stunned into speechlessness and surprise.

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Audrey cried most of the way home.Lucien was egotistical, narcissistic, and possessive. How did these feelings for him arise?

Audrey refused to acknowledge them. And Lucien could never know. He would use it against her, she just knew it. Denying that she felt anything for him at all was the only way she knew to protect herself.

​ And the fact that he didn’t run after her was all the proof she needed.

​ Audrey got off the bus, and wiped her tears. Her father didn’t need to see her like this.

​ “There you are,” Matilda said as Audrey walked inside. She sat in the livi