Sylvia's POV:

"Miss Todd, Mr. Joshua, you..." Maya watched us with a confused expression as she held a tray of two tea cups and some desserts in her hand.

"It's nothing."

I gave her a smile, not feeling that anything was inappropriate at first. But when I tried to shake Blair's hand off, he held on firmly.

I glanced at him in surprise and realized that he was staring at me. His intense gaze shocked me. That strange feeling bubbled up in my heart again.

When I got my emotions back under control, my gut warned me that something was not quite right. Blair shouldn't have crossed a line and acted the way he did.

So I twisted my wrist slightly, exerted greater strength, and successfully released myself from his grip.

Blair's expression was back to normal. He greeted Maya with a bright smile and sat down on the sofa nonchalantly.

quiet. She placed the tea and desserts

Blair for a while. After some time, my mind began drifting. It was only when he brought Rufus up that

Rufus as cool and aloof when he was little as he is now?" I asked Blair, wanting

eyebrows, he picked up his cup of tea and said in a measured tone, "Of course not. As a child, he was a cheeky little devil. In fact, he

he was just a child. He always protects his stuff and never allows others to covet them. If anyone displayed an inclination of wanting to take

my lips and smiled. When I was about to add something, Blair said something

say. "Why do you envy him? You both are born with different fates." Blair barked out a bitter laugh. "Yes, he was born with power, strength, and good looks. He also got

like something was wrong. What did Blair mean

born lucky," he concluded, studying me as if I were

smile. "You are also blessed with many of the things Rufus has. As for a mate, you will meet

gruff voice, "No, I won't be able to live happily with my mate, whoever she

and my intuition told me

He stretched his arm out, as

to the side, putting considerable

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