**Adrain** Some of the guards must have mentioned my whereabouts to her; she has some spy in the estate. I stared at her mother's message for several seconds. “Adrian, the relationship you have with Katherine Blackwood. I need you to explain.” My jaw tightened. I had known this conversation would eventually happen, I just hadn't expected it this soon. I drove back home. I hate it when she interferes in anything that has to do with me. She has always been looking out for herself all along. On getting home , I slipped my phone into my pocket and walked toward my mother's private office. The moment I entered, I knew she had been waiting for me. Victoria Sinclair sat behind her large desk, a tablet resting in front of her. She looked calm, but I knew my mother well enough to recognize t

