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Desire woke up the next morning before sunrise to see Sylvester still sleeping soundly, she was surprised to find herself on top of him. She touched his beard playfully before trying to move away from him.

Sylvester held her down by the waist and opened his eyes to see her shocked expression. Her hair was scattered all over her face as she bit her lower lip in embarrassment. If only she knew what effect she had on him, she wouldn’t sit so comfortably on him.

“Good morning my lord” She greeted with her eyes looking elsewhere but him.

“Where were you running to?” He asked.

Desire thought of how much her master had questions to ask her these days.

“To the kitchen to prepare your breakfast, my lord. If not, the court lady would be really angry at me. I have to get up and help others out” She replied timidly.

“You will go when I want you to go,” He told her.

“My lord, please let me go. I promise to come back later, during the day” She begged

“I’ll be busy by then”

“Then, tonight my lor