FIX IT

"So, you mean Adrian hasn't laid a hand on you since you both got married?" One of the women asked with interest.

"Like I said earlier, everything is fine. We are both doing okay as a couple, just as you can see," she said with a smile as she looked at the women who were all staring at each other in disappointment.

She smiled with satisfaction as she knew she had kept them in the right spot. She knew what they were seeking for, gossip. A gossip about her private life, and probably make her reveal some secrets about the Steels family. But she was wise. Life in the cocoa farm has taught her enough to be wise, she thought as she sipped her drink gracefully.

From where he stood, he heard her speaking to the women. He stood for a while as he listened to their conversation. He felt broken for a moment as she lied about them being fine as a couple. He had expected her to gossip about him and his father, but no, she had acted with great discernment.

"Wow, seems like he took interest in