Wasted efforts

ELENA’S POV

My days in Lukas’ mansion had taken a complete three-sixty, I went from being lonely and depressed to having a friend that I could spend my days with. Of course, I still didn’t trust Grace because she was Lukas’ younger sister, but the fact that she was taking her time every day to come and spend time with me meant a lot to me. I was also starting to think that my suspicions of her were baseless. I mean, ever since she befriended me she hadn’t asked me about Lukas or my relationship with him. Whenever I brought up his name she would instantly change the topic and tell me that she didn’t want to talk about him. I figured that if he was the main reason that she was visiting and befriending me, then he should have been all that she wanted to talk about, but that was not the case.

“So where were you when I first got here?” I asked Grace as we took a walk in the garden. This had become like a daily ritual for us.

“I was busy being rebellious,” she said uncomfortably.

“I am sorr