Riya's POV
The next morning, I was woken by a knock on the door, followed by Candice's voice.
“Mrs. Jax. Mr. Jax wants you to join him for breakfast. He says he has something important to discuss with you, ma'am.”
I shut my eyes tighter and blocked my ears with my hands to drown out her voice but it was a waste of time. Her voice penetrated through my ear drums and I wondered if she had a secret microphone chipped in her vocal tract.
“Mrs. Jax? Mr. Jax wants me to come to the dining room with you.”
Realizing that no matter what I did, Candice would never leave until she fulfilled Hiram's order, I grunted in annoyance and sat up on the bed. I glanced at my reflection through the vanity mirror, just across my bed. My hair was a tangled mess and there were dried drools across my mouth.
