What Lucas said, about taking Eve to various events and wanting her to sleep in the same room with him, left Eve so stunned she couldn’t speak. Only her eyes moved anxiously, darting across Lucas’s face and the small, satisfied smile tugging at his lips.

“It’s nice seeing you that surprised,” he said.

Eve’s lips were slightly parted, partly because Lucas was still tilting her chin and playing with her mouth, and in the next second, he suddenly pressed a light kiss there before pulling away.

“I have to go,” he said. “I’ll pick you up at seven. The maids will come help you get ready and move your things...