Sophia bustle about in the kitchen from the living room sofa.

didn't trust herself to make anything more complex in her current mood. Sophia usually let the servants handle the co

. Laura leaned over her plate, her face shining with excitement. "What is it?" She removed the cover. The ste

hy now," Sophia s

rk and knife and attacked her steak with gusto. The two women wer

and his cold, unreadable eyes glittered from under his bangs. He had the chiseled features of a Greek god. There was a perpetual aura of darkness

f caught in Lucas' dark, bottomless gaze. There was a moment

aura?" The sweet, flirtatious

Rebecca was now standing next to Lucas. Laura grabbed a napkin and wiped her m

ed at the open animosit

to his sister

ieces into her mouth. She could feel Lucas' cold, hard stare on her. He had been staring at her ev

ack then, but you're absolutely beautiful now," Rebecca added nonchalantl

ction for her was making her uncomfortable. "You too, Rebecca," Laura said woo

as she inwardly rolled her eyes at t

't had dinner yet." Rebecca's voice was the kind of cloyingly sweet voice that sedu

in-law made

hia stopped to look at Rebecca. She took in Rebecca's thin blue T-shirt and black miniskirt. S

n't even friends. Sophia put her fork down. She forced a smile. "You're hun

to eat. Would you be a dear and

rching an eyebrow at Lucas. Her husband had

gry, the kitchen is over

out breaking eye contact with Rebecca. She rose, tossed the napkin onto the table, and made for the stairs. She

clenched her jaw. So this was the real Lucas. She had been a fool to trust him. She went upstairs

iet tonight." Rebecca draped her a

put his arm around Rebecca's hips a

hem go with an

nce she had had a good night's sleep. As she drifted comfortably in dreamland, she sensed someone entering the room. She felt a familiar warmth spread across the palm of her icy cold hand; someone was holding her hand. Sophia's e

e snarled, "This is my room. I don't n

usband, remember? Have you forgotten me in the last several months?" There was an undercurrent of anger in his deep, masculine v

u compl

of me, I'm getting up." Sophia looked out the window. It

Before she could open her mouth to protest, he kissed her fiercely on the lips. He put his hand up her chemise, and she responded to this with a mighty kick into his stomach. Lucas tumbled off the bed and onto the carpeted floor with an undignified yelp. Sophia could feel his dark, icy

at him for a moment, perplexed, and then turned to Sophia with a

a watched them go with a sneer on her face. She went into the bathroom, changed h

hopsticks and began eating in silence. Lucas glared at her. She had humiliated him just moments ago. How dare she sit before him now and eat her meal as if nothing

e guest here. Learn your place." It was ridicu

seated together at the same table, enjoying a peaceful meal, ' Sophia thought sardonically to herself. She had had enough of his games. But she wasn't ready to walk away. He had showered her with love in the last two years, and she was almos

cas' nanny since he was a kid, and he treated her with a level of respect not usually shown to the other servants