▒▒ AUTHOR'S POV ▒▒
Finally, they were done eating. The children ran back into the room, while the women and ladies slowly, one by one, returned to their rooms or left for their daily activities. Eventually, only Amelia, Colton, Lake, and two ladies were left in the dining room.
The two ladies began packing up the empty plates they had used for eating and took them to the kitchen, where they intended to wash them.
Lake wiped his mouth with a napkin, then walked over to where Amelia and Colton were standing near the dining table.
"I would love to speak to you in private, Amelia," Lake said with an accent, his voice sounding muffled as always. He smiled fully, pointing at a door adjacent to the dining room.
Amelia already knew why he wanted to speak to her, or at least the topic of the d
