Chapter 49

When dinner was over, Tara was busy cleaning up the dining room. She didn't feel hungry at that moment, and it could be because of all the cherries she had eaten earlier that evening. When she looked up, she met Lance's gaze. It seemed as if he had been quietly looking at her for a while. Suddenly, she remembered what he had said to her the previous day, and she hurriedly looked away from him. His gaze still looked dull at that moment, and she could feel how he was scanning every part of her body with his gaze. Tara started feeling nervous from his staring, and she quickly finished tidying up and left the dining room. Stella was still standing behind Lance, and when she saw Tara leaving, she felt great for the first time in a while. Seeing how nervous Tara was, Stella figured Lance had reprimanded Tara. Otherwise, Tara wouldn't have avoided Lance like that. Tara's mind was in a mess again. When she walked through the hallway, Soren was already waiting for her there, and he stopped