Left In The Dust, Now I Shine Again

nd found Kellan sitting

utterly absorbed in a book. His long fing

staring at him and cou

w, and it seemed to wash away the awkwardn

gh he'd felt her watching him, and

she went com

othing her expression into the sam

and set his book dow

the very same book she had picked up

just for show, the kind of thing a man like him kept around

ent madman. And yet, here he was,

icker of curiosity she quickly pushed ba

s ready," the housekeeper called

Evelyn, his face settling back

s presence seemed to swall

chin up and her breathing even, determined

ered herself into it with the same g

ches and glasses of milk, but somehow it left

rough the whole meal. Even the

reful and poised. There was something almost magnetic

and study her face for a moment before

se. Evelyn was far easier to take t

, his pho

he screen an

f the call, Tyler brought up something important: in three days, the Miller family w

is voice or turning away, and E

at perfectly still, waitin

at. "In three days, my fam

ression soft and ag

state. This was the chanc

he wouldn't catch the tr

he was supposed to have, Kellan's

days, he barely set

have to watch every word or every expression, didn't have

days wen

o start, Kellan still hadn't shown up. A d

hough it had been made just for her body. She kept her makeup ligh

car right outside the e

point, it's one of the family's rules. You'll

She'd heard about the Miller f

pped out and o

the pavement slowl

making her look almost untouchable, lik

and every guest arriving tonight belonged to the sam

partner. Evelyn was the

but their eyes carried noth

er off to that madm

't care. He didn't even

nothing to Evelyn. She let them pass rig

Kellan was nothing mor

obably only stood up for her to protec

y his own family, he wouldn't bothe

ithout hesitation, meeting eve

disappear into the crowd, so she followed th

ad just finished wi

nd as he dried them, a thought c

e," he told

how ruthless the Millers c

lyn probably wouldn't be able t

interesting, and he didn't want to see her humiliated. So he

didn't find her there, his express

ar from the estate came for her half an ho

turned cold. He tu