When evening finally arrived, Elise stepped out of the mansion on quiet feet, moving as though the walls themselves might hear her. The sky was turning violet, the last light bleeding through the tall windows as she crossed into the garden, just as John had instructed.
Master wants to see you in the garden Miss Elise.
The words made her shiver. She didn't think she wanted to see Licien.
Not after what had happened earlier.
He had seen her underwear and had slapped her butt...
What she feared the most had happened.
A man seeing her for what she truly looked like. Her cheeks warmed at her thoughts.
Though she still felt pain in her butt cheek, what lingered most, was the feeling. A confusing feeling that made her heart race and her thoughts tangle.
Lucien had crossed a line she didn't even know existed, and now everything inside her felt… shifted, unsteady, and awake.
