Chapter 261

Lucy and I were sitting on a bench in the garden, enjoying the rare sunshine. We had managed to get done with our routine that morning before the other maids. But we knew we had only a few minutes before we would be summoned back to our duties by the ever demanding Puertelas, who never gets satisfied, even if we had to work our socks off.

“How has your relationship with Ava been?,” Lucy asked me, her ears and eyes fixed on ke, as if I had called for a press meeting.

“It's just like every other, nothing specia,” I said.

“I know she still has eyes on you.”

“I don't really give a fuck if she does, for I have no business with her brother. They can both have him for all I care,” I just said. I was already tired of always having to talk about Leonard every time Lucy and I had a conversation.

“But I thought you…”

“Please can we talk about something else, Lucy?,” I pleaded with her.

“If you insist,” she said, sounding resigned.

We were so engrossed in our conversation that I did not notic