CHAPTER 21
The term “Master” still echoed in the silence, sealing her fate. Amelia’s gaze snapped from Sterling to the butler, then back again, her mind a dizzying blur of disbelief.
This wasn’t just money; this was a lineage, a history, a world so far removed from her own that it felt like a different planet entirely. She was no longer a person to him; she was a variable in a game she was only just beginning to understand how vast she was compared to this man who only gave off the idea that he was just a mere playboy.
Sterling, however, was completely at ease.
He walked towards her, extending a hand back to her with a familiar, casual confidence that belied the monumental surroundings. “Coming, Amelia Rose?” he asked, a knowing smile on his face.
She forced her feet to move, grabbi
