Semua Bab The Crimson Accord: Bab 1 - Bab 5

The sunlight streamed into the room by the gap in the curtains. It was bright all of the sudden and the warmth from the light was what woke me up. I wasn’t ready to face the day. Like you have a choice, I thought. Reality was setting in and my choices were nonexistent. I reached my hands out to stretch while laying down and took in a deep breath. The air was thick with the smell of body odor, tequila, and sex. The delicious ache between my thighs reminded me of last night and a smile creeped onto my face. ​Not my proudest moment, sure but god it was great. I flipped on my side and gave myself the satisfaction of looking at the naked man next to me. Poor Lucas. He had been quiet in his pining for me. But I wasn’t dumb. I could see the second-too-long glimpses he spared my way. That was definitely not part of his job. I indulged him last night. Maybe as my last act of rebellion, maybe because I was bored. Nonetheless it wasn’t what I was expecting from the quiet man. It was a shame it

I could feel her in the house the minute she arrived, or maybe my mind was playing tricks on me, regardless I knew she was somewhere in these walls, my future wife. I sucked in a breath when I heard the Deveraux lady giving Margot and her father a tour of Tencrest. They had stopped outside of my office and behind the closed door, I heard Mr. Astor asking a question about the painting in the hallway. It was a provocative image of a woman offering her neck to a Blackwell ancestor. Perhaps he was looking at that painting and wondering about his own daughter’s future surrender to me. He had been here before, but for Margot, this was all new. Every year during the Crimson Ball, the houses’ invitations were limited to five family members and Johnathan Astor was often included in that invitation, Margot was never though. She will have to figure it out as she goes, we both will, I thought to myself and continued to drown myself in my work. I was elbow deep in the paperwork for a new company