The following day Paige had an embarrassing recollection and quickly went back down to the art hall for her missing panties, but quickly discovered they were nowhere to be found, so she assumed Lucian had snagged them the night before. She hoped... The previous evening, over dinner, Lucian had informed her that they were expecting a visit from Paige's father as soon as they returned from the capital. But unfortunately, other than that, he was being extremely cryptic on the matter. Which was completely unfair considering that it was the matter of her father in question. “Are you going to tell me how you managed to get my father to accept this proposal of yours and not storm the castle… literally?” Paige raised a brow across the small table at their favorite little bistro in town. Lucia

