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.

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

like Mr.

Sam looks more like Mr. Woods. Mr. Sam's tuition overseas costs a fortune! I heard that it was way more money than Mr. Woods had paid for

Sam's offer to pay her debt and realized that he indeed had the ability to do

them are Mr. Woods' sons, 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 marry someone of equal status. Ordinary people should never

"I'm happy as

that you can make ends meet without losing focus on your studies. You need to get good grades on the

"I know. I will."

she also helped to tidy up the place before returning to the South Block as the tutor was scheduled to come in that afternoon.

Flores was right.

Woods family, and Kasey might not be the only highborn lady who would want to marry him. He could take his pick and live a comfortable life in the future, while Irene would never be more

servant to him.

a servant in the future, and the thought itself filled Irene's

want