*Evelyn*
When I woke up the next morning, things felt.. different.
It was just after sunrise when I opened my eyes, squinting at the morning sun streaming in through the curtains. I was beyond comfortable in the soft bed I was in, and it took me no time at all to remember that I had just spent the night in Lucci manor. That I lived in Lucci manor now.
After Slater and I had talked and I’d come back to bed, I’d tossed and turned for over an hour, contemplating my decision to agree to stay here. In the moment it seemed like the best possible outcome to my problems.. Slater was barely even charging me rent, all things considered— and I’d be free of my father. But then, there was that bit about Slater Lucci being a murderous gang-banger.. and despite how charming, handsome, kind, and hone
