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.

placed the tea and desserts on the table

chatted with Blair for a while. After some time, my mind began drifting. It was only when he brought

aloof when he was little as he is now?" I asked Blair, wanting to know

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 was even more intimidating than he is now." S~ᴇaʀᴄh the Find ɴøᴠel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters

flooding back. "That guy has had a strong sense of leadership and possessiveness since 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 away something of his, Rufus would viciously

I was about to add something, Blair said something unexpected.

I had no idea what he was trying to say. "Why do you envy him? You both are born with different fates." Blair barked

feeling like something was wrong.

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

blessed with

and said in a gruff voice, "No, I won't be able to live happily with my mate, whoever

intuition told

intentions. He stretched his

to the side, putting considerable distance between

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