Her usual poise and glamour were replaced by a worn-out and ex

ice rang again, laced with irritat

y above a whisper as she stared into Tessa's icy blue e

igner she was wearing was stained and roug

na thought. But Tessa didn'

ever seen you here before." Lena took a step back as something terr

mess here." She took another step back

oom and Tessa swung around to view Thane, who t

e Lena feel like a child caught in between her p

what seemed like a staring competiti

s eyes. "You kn

oy your whore

in her features in his maids' outfit, his Adam's

leaning anyway, so she picked up the equipment and f

e bumped face first into someone and almo

mall voice and was about to keep movin

deep voice echoed in her ears. "You don'

he saw her as her words we

he'd said, she hurried towards the stairs

topping her in her tracks.

*

han the rest of the house. She clutched the feathery duster in one hand and a cleaning r

came to clean up their room. Even at that, Lena felt no atom of dislike for Tessa.

the last door in the hallway, she brushed away her thou

the

e anyone was within. But before she could do that, the door gave wa

passed by her, she noticed her eyes. They were well,...d

ed into the study, where she wa

apologized, recognizing Thane's face in the table lamp. "

ered in a relaxed voice

t she hadn't had a conversation with him since he allowed he

is cigarette, and walked towards a shelf of books and

, Lena." He began, as flipping pages filled the silence

as he asking? Was she now his surveillance cam

moned all the courage. "I...I

errifying. It was like he was tr

The abused, bully ex-convict face he used to have was

saying?" T

re she could stop herself, then bit h

ss the room and straight into Lena's chest. His express

turbed, but she just couldn't bring herself to stop talking.

n, his jaw clenching

ena asked, trying to not make it obvious

without breaking their eye contact. He held his hands behind his ba

call her looking like a gh

feel you know

inued. "What I know is, as the woman you're planning to spend the rest of

usehold?" Anger was now visible in his voice and

sir,

d does not give you the right to spea

as j

?" He asked and Lena's eye

strands of her black hair behind her ear,

d again, his voice a bit lower

to show that her boss's touch had just sen

you'll do everything

lied, barely a

her and turned away. "