LUCIEN

"Don't you think you are being too mean to her?"

I scoff and turn to Theo, who pushes a fork into his mouth and begins to chew so loudly without turning his face away from me. He knows how passionate I am about etiquette, especially at the table. "You think this is my fault?"

"Whose fault is it then? Mine?" Theo asked with a head tilt. "I was not the one she called a jerk," he said and then pushed another forkful into his mouth, chewing loudly.

I want to ignore him, but I know he would keep talking about it until dinner was over. "Wait, I believe the...