Royal Treatment

Stella

I settle into the chair across from Lucius at the intimate, candlelit table set up on the balcony. Despite the romantic ambience, I try to remind myself that this is just a business dinner; even though my skin still burns from where his lips brushed against my knuckles.

Lucius smiles invitingly as a server appears out of seemingly thin air to pour us both a glass of rich red wine. Expensive