chapter 111

Leon took a seat beside her and sighed. He dropped his plate on the table beside the arm of the chair right beside him and looked at her with a smile.

"Did I tell you how beautiful you look tonight?" He asked as he leaned into her and brushed tendrils of her hair behind her ear.

A light pink blush dusted her cheeks. She nodded. "I think you made it clear for the whole of the dance."

He smiled and pulled back before picking up his plate. They ate for a while before he spoke. "You know, before we came here, I and Delilah, we used to live in this small cottage. It was tattered on the outside but really beautiful on the inside. Delilah had made it beautiful when she found me. She painted it, added fancy stuff into the house and bought a lot of toys for so I wouldn't miss my parents so much,"

Lillith listened as he spoke and she finally asked the question that had been burning through her mind. "How did she find you?"

"When my mother was taken away, one of the maids