Aria.
He stared at me, mouth agape, probably wondering what was going on in my thick skull to come up to him directly.
He understood the challenge.
I stood upright and turned back to the vile woman spitting curses at me.
"What's going on here?" he asked, his gaze not leaving mine.
"Nothing. I was just teaching them the ways of the mansion," she lied through her teeth.
Who was the person that had been seconds away from strangling me? She had been spewing curses at me, the veins on her forehead violently popping out. She had looked so pained.
Now, she was glued to his side, her voice suddenly maintaining a low tone in his presence. She didn't even bother hiding her pretentious side.
"What's your name?" he asked, ignoring the woman clinging beside him.
"Selena, sir," I replied.
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