The Real Heiress Rules the World

Chapter 26 Liking Lucas’s Hands.

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Sloane gave a slight nod, but before she could say anything, Lucas tugged her to sit down beside him.

Lucas stretched a hand toward Benjamin. “Viresso Balm.”

Benjamin gave him a look and pulled a small jar from his pocket, placing it into Lucas’s palm.

Lucas turned back to Sloane, sitting beside her, and carefully began applying the ointment to her fingertips.

Samson and Benjamin watched the scene unfold with wide eyes, as if seeing a ghost.

Samson glanced from Lucas to Sloane and thought to himself…

Did Lucas get possessed or something? Should we call a priest?

The ointment was cool and soothing, and Sloane could tell just by the smell that it was made from rare and precious herbs.

But at the moment, her attention was completely captured by Lucas’s hands.

Those hands were works of art. Slender and strong, with pale, well–proportioned fingers and sharply defined joints, exuding a quiet elegance. Even something as mundane as applying medicine became mesmerizing under his hands.

Sloane grumbled inwardly.

these hands be

up at Lucas’s

clearly didn’t intend

Samson cleared his throat when he saw Sloane staring intently at Lucas. “Ms. Rivers, your performance today was truly

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asked, “Ms. Rivers, were you serious about that song pulling out the inner demons

cup,

but laugh, her eyes

they had felt were undeniably real, as vivid as

a song,”

hide the truth. “Exactly. It’s not as mysterious as I made it sound. It only

need to worry. The song is short, and once it ends, everyone

stumbled across that ancient music score in her master’s private library and practiced it

said, suddenly enlightened. He turned to Lucas. “No wonder Lucas was unaffected. His

Sloane turned again to Lucas, studying