Chapter 70

She did not need a tour guide to know her way around the mansion. She already knew every crook and nook of the place. But, of course, she could not say that to her present company.

She believed he was already skeptical about her identity. She thought there was no need to fuel his suspicion by acting like she knew more than she should.

No! She could not blow her cover. Not yet.

She maintained her story that she lost her way to the bathroom. She did not need anyone to know what she was doing there.

"What about the tour of the garden?" He suggested, but more like, ordered. "My father would be expecting it. This way, Abi." He ushered her out of the room and into the hallway.

She had no interest in seeing the garden. Truthfully, it was the last thing she wanted to do. But she did not want to be on this man's bad side or his father.