|Carmella|
“Theodore,” I said, doing my best to keep my voice calm, though the suddenness of his appearance had me on edge. “What are you doing here?”
He regarded me with that familiar intensity, his eyes flickering between me and Damien.
“I wanted to see you,” he replied, his tone deceptively smooth. “I thought I’d come and fetch you.”
I exchanged a quick glance with Damien before turning back to Theodore, trying to gauge the mood between them.
“We were just about to head back to the estate,” I said, hoping to diffuse the tension simmering in the air. “Damien and I found a few pieces for his collection.”
The silence that followed was thick, charged with the unspoken rivalry between the two men. I quickly stepped in, sensing the need to wrap things up.
“Thank you for today, Luna
