I looked back and had no idea when the groan escaped my parted lips because it was another person that I didn’t think I was going to meet. It was Christian Finch and he was beaming from ear to ear. The fact that he had stopped me while I was about to go into the men’s room didn’t seem strange at al
Since we already caught the culprit, I told my sisters that there was no need hiding it and since they brought it out to the open, I’ve been studying everyone the best way I could. None of the family seemed suspicious and I just couldn’t help but clear the doubt I had towards them out of my mind.
I couldn’t possibly tell Alfred what was wrong with me, I couldn’t tell him what had me sprinting out of the party as fast as I could and so I wasted no time to change the topic. Alfred and I stood outside for a while and I waited until he was done smoking, getting a little bit of fresh air also he
“I know you follow the rules of hierarchy here but that doesn’t really matter in a gathering like this, Mr Finch, I’m young enough to be your son.” I paused. “There’s nothing wrong with a child showing his respect to someone who he might soon see as his father figure.” I continued. “My sisters and
The night went by faster than I’d hoped it would go. I spent more than two or three hours overthinking, going back to the question I was going to ask the woman. If Simon knows about my true identity and puts her up to this then there’s no telling what he’s actually going to do next if he finds out
Did something happen to him? Where is he? “Christian, you’ll join us for breakfast, won’t you?” Georgina asked, inviting Christian to have breakfast with the rest of the family. “Sure, I can’t say no to all of this delicious—” “Where’s Alfred?” I cut in because I just couldn’t wrap my head around
The silence in the car was deafening. The last time I was this nervous was when my sister was about to introduce me to the rest of the family. I didn’t think that the clan was going to accept me but they were really accepting and things have been smooth sailing with the family since then. “So, wha
“The Cavendish Family sure does control everything.” Christian said proudly and I didn’t say anything to do that, I’m not trying to brag about how much power my family has. We walked directly towards an officer that let us into a room where we could hear and see everything going on in the interroga