Betty's POV. 

Just as the maid was about to say something, I suddenly heard a familiar voice cut in from behind.

“Mr Mason went on a business trip,” Damien said calmly as he walked toward us. “He won’t be back until next week.”

His words hung in the air, but what caught me off guard wasn’t what he said. It was him. The air around him seemed to shift the moment he stepped closer.

There was something different, heavier… a strange, commanding presence that made the room feel ...