LUCIA
I leave the Arlington’s manor feeling all kinds of things , but I notice almost immediately , that regret is not one of them , I feel a bit of shame , especially after one of the maids found us sneaking out of the closet and gaze at us in a mischievous way , which caused me to blush visibly and Joshua to laugh out loud.
I also feel a bit angry with myself for falling so easily into Joshua's games of seduction , but above all , I feel a small flame of hope , which was born from the day my father returned and I found out everything that Joshua and his family had done to free him from jail , and that grew as I noticed the small changes in him , such as voluntarily going to rehab , controlling his bad temper , the effort he is making to spend time with me , even when that it h
