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.

so you don't have to be shy. If I were twenty years younger, I would be enticed by his looks

like

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

indeed had the ability to do so.

so he must care for all of them, but I think he favors 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

as

you well. We all know that he hired that tutor for you so that you can make ends meet without losing focus on your studies. You need to get good grades on the exam to repay Mr.

"I know. I will."

in the back kitchen to have lunch with Mrs. Flores, and she also helped 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

Flores was right. Lucas

only highborn lady who would want to marry him. He

servant to him.

in the future, and the

not want to be