Genevieve woke up and stretched her arms. It was a little earlier than she would normally stir, but she appreciated the time to think alone before one of her maids came bursting in. She wondered which one her lady’s maids would bring her tea. Estelle was a much more dominant personality than Annie so it would likely be her. Lucian had probably cancelled their contract by now and would be on the way back to the manor. One of the problems with her life was that she didn’t really have anyone she could confide in. She had no friends, mainly due to the interference of her aunt and uncle, the servants couldn’t keep secrets and she couldn’t tell Lucian everything. What she did have was a diary somewhere in her room that she had tried to use when her parents had died to write down her feelin

