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.

the tea and desserts

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

he is now?" I asked Blair, wanting to know more about

course not. As a child, he was a cheeky little devil. In fact, he was even more intimidating than

others to covet them. If anyone displayed an inclination of wanting to take away something of his, Rufus would viciously attack them back. Perhaps this was also a mark of insecurity. Since he's grown up, he has become much more restrained

something, Blair said something unexpected. "Even so,

a little puzzled when I heard this. I had no idea what he was trying to say. "Why do you envy him? You both are born with different fates." Blair barked out a bitter laugh. "Yes, he was born with

wrong.

are simply born lucky," he concluded, studying me

gave him an awkward smile. "You are also blessed with many of the things

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

with embarrassment and my intuition told me

his arm out, as if

quickly moved to the side, putting considerable

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