CHAPTER 69

  Elizabeth's Point Of View

  "Nonsense, Miss." She takes my arms and starts pulling me forward. "Come along."

  An arm warps around my waist and tugs me back, making her hands fall off me.

  "I will be at her room to pick her up," Sebastian says, his voice mildly threatening.

  "How long until you're done?" The maid swallows thickly.

  "Not long."

  Only a few hours.

  "Thirty minutes."

  "T-Thirty minutes?" the maid squeaks out, her green eyes the size of the moon.

  "Is that a problem?" Sebastian growls lowly.

  "N-No." the maid shutters, then turns to look at me in a whole new light. "Come along, Miss."

  She hurries out of the door. I look at Sebastian, trying to hold back my smile as I give him an unimpressed glance.

  "You really want me to look hideous, don't you?" I ask.

  Sebastian leans down so only I can hear him. "We don't know what might be going on, keep your guard up."

  "Miss Grey?" the maid peeks in again. "Hurry, please."