Zoe expected to see Ciel beside her when she opened her eyes, but he wasn’t in bed. This was a first. Where was he? With half-closed eyes, she scanned the room for him. The veranda and the closed shower room; he was nowhere.
She looked toward the door just as someone knocked. She didn’t expect it to be him because Ciel didn’t knock; he just came in.
“Good morning, Miss Zoe!” Esmeralda greeted cheerfully, carrying a tray of food. “I brought you breakfast. Boss Ciel asked me to bring it before he left.”
“He left?” She slowly got up.
“Yes, Miss.”
“Did he say where he was going?”
Esmeralda set the tray on the center table of the mini living room and turned back to her.
“Did boss tell you?”
She shook her head. “No.”
“I heard they’re going to New York with boss Carter. I heard the chopp
