His Sudden Attitude

Elena

There’s no way a man who had harbored such hatred for me would suddenly treat me like this..dressing me up beautifully and wanting to dine with me.

It sounded like a joke. Perhaps it was one of Brenda's cruel tricks to mock me. I wasn’t going to fall for it. I needed to get back to Dora before my sister woke up.

I stood abruptly, the chair creaking as it moved back. “I’ll take my leave.”

The maid panicked and rushed to stop me, but before I ...