Chapter 16

LIA TURNED TO LOOK AT NICK, “WHY DID YOU STOP?”

A light flush painted his cheeks, “I don’t really know where I’m going.”

His chagrined admission seemed to loosen something inside of Lia. Taking him by the elbow she escorted him up the stairs and past more than a dozen servants. To one of which she requested a light tea be served in the library in a quarter of an hour.

Nick noted the kind tone Lia used when speaking with the servants and his heart warmed...