*Lydia*
I can't believe I allowed Grayson to cheat me to join him for tea. Well, maybe cheat is too strong a word. He seems just as polite as my stepfather when he speaks to me.
But that shiver that ran through my body when he grabbed my arm made me react. I don't want to be attracted to a man who can mistreat animals like that.
Abusing animals is just a step away from abusing people. What do I really know about him?
He grew up alongside my stepfather, but not really. They never let my stepfather forget who he was or, more importantly, what he was.
And now I'm having afternoon tea with a man who confuses my emotions. Why does he have to be so devastatingly handsome, sitting at a table in the back of the inn, where the sunlight gently streams through the window, bathing him in its glow
