CHAPTER 17

The amount of accomplishment I was feeling inside of me was astonishing. It felt like I was on top of the world. It felt like I was invincible, even.

Fearless.

Sebastian kept his eyes away from me while Mrs. Keening read the demands. I knew he was nervous and uncomfortable; he had a tendency of shaking his foot repeatedly when he was uncomfortable. I remembered he did this during the dinner with the chocolatier, Mr. Muller and when Fiona was lecturing him on the plane...