Chapter 49
When dinner was over, Tara was busy cleaning up the dining room. She didn’t feel hungry at that moment, and it could be because of all the cherries she had eaten earlier that evening
When she looked up, she met Lance’s gaze. It seemed as it he had been quietly looking at her for a while.
Suddenly, she remembered what he had said to her the previous day, and she hurriedly looked away from him. His gaze still looked dull at that moment, and she could teel how he was scanning every part of her body with his gaze.
Tara started feeling nervous from his staring, and she quickly finished tidying up and left the dining room.
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Stella was still standing behind Lance, and when she saw Tara leaving, she felt great for the first time in a while. Seeing how nervous Tara was, Stella figured Lance had reprimanded Tara Otherwise, Tara wouldn’t have avoided Lance like that.
Tata’s mind was in a mess again. When she walked through the hallway, Soren was already waiting for her there, and he stopped her. He had both of his hands in has pockets as he stood tall in front of her. He even looked a little awkward as he said. “I wasn’t doing it on purpose during dinner earlier.”
Since Tara was still feeling andous, she was stunned when he suddenly stopped her. Then, she figured out that he was referring to how she was working nonstop while he was having his meal. So, she answered, “You don’t have to worry about it, Mr. Farrell. I was just doing my job.”
Hearing that, Soren smirked a little and got closer to her. Then, he noticed that her eyes opened wider in shock. He said in his deep, alluring voice, “Why are your ears and face so flushed?”
At that moment, she began blushing even more, and she hurriedly stepped backward to avoid him.
“N–No reason.” After saying that, she immediately walked past him and left. soren knew she hadn’t had her dinner yet, so he didn’t go after her to tease her. Soren wasn’t the one who made her lose composure, Instead, it was Lance. She could tell that Lance wasn’t just testing her from the way he looked at her. She might be imagining it, but she still decided to stay away from Lance a little to be safe.
was ready to get off work and return to her bedroom. However, a tall figure got closer to her, and she suddenly didn’t
After Tara was done having her dinner, she wa feel tired anymore.
Tara stopped in her tracks for a moment before continuing to her room. When they walked past each other, she couldn’t just pretend not to see him so, she just greeted him stiffly. “Hello, Mr. Swain.”
Lance stopped walking and said, “Bring a glass of warm milk to room tomorrow moming.”
Tara wanted to say that she would relay the message to Stella. However, she was worried that he would tell her to do it herself if he heard that. So, she hurriedly stopped herself from saying anything else with that thought in mind.
At that moment, she couldn’t tell if he was testing her or if there was any reason behind his actions. So, all she could do was avoid him as much as possible. “Understood, Mr. Swain.”
Right when she was about to retreat to her room, Lance suddenly grabbed her left wrist. His hand wasn’t as war as Soren’s. Instead, his hand felt like a cold gem Tara’s heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly tried to escape his grip. She didn’t understand why he was grabbing her at all. Meanwhile, Lance didn’t loosen his Grip. After he stared at her for a long while, he said solemnly, “I wasn’t kidding yesterday.”
Tera was so shocked that she started stuttering, and she even forgot to struggle. “Y–You weren’t… kidding?”
Just when Lance wanted to say something else, someone interrupted him.
“What’s going on, Lance?” Shawn slowly approached them from the other end of the hallway, and he saw that Lance was grabbing Tara’s wrist.
