Surprisingly, this turned her on even more.

"Young man, stop drooling!" Scarlet teased him with a thumbs-up. Her brows lifted several times, and a smile spread across both of their faces.

 

 "Isn't she lovely?" His inquiry was rhetorical. He didn't need an answer because what he was looking at was the most beautiful being he had ever seen.

Aside from the bond, he knew she was flawless. Everything about her was magnificent.

As Alan swooned over Eleanor, Scarlet pretended to vomit. His eye had glittered with adoration and as much as she was happy for her elder sister, she couldn't help but wonder if she prepared a love potion and given Alan an overdose.

"My classmates should witness you dying here in my home. One of your charms is that you haven't fallen in love yet.

I almost forgot you'd be coming to give a talk before the end of the term, right? When I told them I knew you and your brothers, they laughed.