His Eagle Eyes on Me

She headed to the South Block and realized that Lucas had left home, so she went to the back kitchen of the Main Block.

When Mrs. Flores saw her, she smiled and said, "Mr. Lucas isn't home today so you could have rested at home!"

"He asked me to come over at noon, so I came," Irene helped to prepare the food and said, "but he's not home."

"He went to the Bennett lady's birthday party! I think he just left!" Mrs. Flores said. "Mr. Woods went with him and they brought a lot of gifts with them."

Irene was stunned for a moment when she realized that the 'thing' he had to do was attend Kasey's birthday party.

"What a coincidence!" she thought. "Ms. Bennett's birthday is on the same day as mine."

"I heard that they invited a lot of powerful people to the party today! It takes place at Bennett's mansion, and Mrs. Woods can't even go if she wanted to because the Bennetts only invited Mr. Lucas. Even Mr. Woods will have to come home later!" Mrs. Flores blurted out. "How lucky Mr. Lucas is to catch Ms. Bennett's eyes! Her parents didn't try to stop this which means that Mr. Lucas has a chance with Ms. Bennett."

"Mr. Lucas is handsome, and it's normal for girls to like him!" Irene agreed.

like him, too?" Mrs. Flores glanced at Irene and said, "There's no one else here, so you don't have to be shy. If I were twenty years younger, I would be enticed by his looks as well. He doesn't look like Mr. Woods at all. I heard that he looks like his mom, who I imagine is a

Sam look like Mr. Woods, especially Mr. Sam," Irene

Mr. Woods of favoring Mr. Sam, probably because Mr. Sam looks more like Mr. Woods. Mr. Sam's tuition overseas costs a fortune! I heard that it was way more money

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Mr. Lucas most at the moment. If Mr. Lucas gets to marry Ms. Bennett, Mrs. Woods will never dare bully him again," Mrs. Flores said before glancing at Irene. "Don't be too upset, Irene. Mr. Lucas was bound to marry someone of equal status.

awkwardly. "I'm happy as long

know that he hired that tutor for you so that you can make

"I know. I will."

to tidy up the place before returning to the South Block as the tutor was scheduled to come in that afternoon. Lucas promised to celebrate Irene's birthday at night, so she was not overly upset even though Lucas was not

right. Lucas

lady who would want to marry him. He could take his pick and live a comfortable

servant to him.

as a servant in the future, and the thought itself filled

not want to