FIFTY EIGHT

Mara walked up the stairs and knocked, taking a deep breath. As preposterous as Lucien’s proposal was, she had agreed to it and she was knocking on his door so early in the morning to decide and sign the contract. They both needed each other and she just hoped it wasn’t going to be anything more than that. The creak from the door startled her from her thoughts.

He looked irritated like he was still sleeping and she had woken him up

“You are still in bed; it is nine o’ clock.” Mara said, glancing at the watch attached to her wrist.

“I wasn’t expecting you so early, did you even sleep?”

Mara brushed past him and into the house; he was bare chested and she did not want to continue looking at his toned abs, it was distracting.

“You wonder why you are never taken seriously and you are still in bed by 9pm in the morning.” Mara huffed, taking a seat.

“I worked really late and I really was not expecting you this early, don’t you have like work to do?” Lucien snapped; he was cranky.

“This is wo