All Chapters of The Devil in My Bedroom: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

The first thing I learned about Lucien Blackwood was that he didn't like people.The second was that he didn't like questions.The third—Well, the third was the reason I should have walked out of his mansion before midnight.I didn't.That was my mistake.My name is Serena Vale, and three days before I met Lucien Blackwood, I was counting coins in my wallet to see if I could afford dinner.Now I was standing inside a mansion that probably cost more than my entire bloodline had ever earned, holding a silver tray with a glass of untouched whiskey on it.Life had a strange sense of humor."Put it outside his study."Mrs. Reyes, the housekeeper, pointed toward the corridor."Don't knock."I looked at the closed double doors at the end of the hall."Why?"She gave me a look."You ask too many questions."I smiled awkwardly."I've only asked one.""And that's already one too many."She walked away.I stared after her.Wonderful.I'd been employed for exactly three days, and apparently ever

"Come find me."The voice faded.The piano stopped.And somehow, the silence that followed was worse.I was still holding Lucien's hand.Neither of us seemed interested in mentioning it.Then I remembered that I was angry.Very angry.I pulled my hand away."Who is she?"Lucien didn't answer."Lucien."Nothing.I stepped in front of him."Don't do that.""Do what?""That mysterious-rich-man thing."His eyebrow lifted."What mysterious-rich-man thing?""You know.""I don't.""The brooding. The silence. The looking at me like you know something I don't.""I do know something you don't.""Then tell me.""No."I stared at him.He stared back."You're unbelievably irritating.""So I've been told.""By women?""Mostly.""Of course."A faint smile touched his mouth.I hated that I noticed.I hated even more that it looked good on him.He turned toward the hallway."Go back to bed."I laughed."You cannot be serious.""I'm completely serious.""My mother's voice just came out of the walls.""