Chapter 24: Cooking Up a Scandal

'I think its best if I also take my leave. I have some reflecting to do', the duke said and excused himself from us, following into Sabrina's footsteps out of the restaurant.

'I'll take that tiramisu now. A lot of it', Sebastian said as he rubbed his temples once his father was out of sight.

I can only imagine the horrors he must be feeling at this moment. He, too, was betrayed by his own flesh and blood. He must be feeling a whole worse that I was feeling. Even though I didn't have much of an appetite, I followed him to the dessert table where we spotted Lauren.

Sebastian threw himself at her, and she accepted his embrace warmly, not knowing that he needed it more than she ever knew. 

'The night is starting to come to an end', she told us once they broke off their embrace.

'And sadly not a minute sooner', Sebastian said as he grabbed a plate and started piling it with the aromatic tiramisu.