Bab 74: The Edmonds- Part 1

Belle had mixed emotions that she had been containing in her little chest for quite some days now. To be pushed to meet a suitor by the man who she had harbored underlying feelings, she awkwardly smiled. 

"I am in no mood to meet Mr. Edmond's son. I don't even know them well," said Belle beginning to walk in the corridor who was being followed by Lucas. 

"Isn't that the whole point of going to have lunch so that you can meet and get to know them. You don't plan to live alone in this mansion all your life, do you, milady?" asked Lucas. 

She turned her head to look at him as she walked, "I have you and the others here. How is it alone?" she questioned him.

"It is one of your mother's wishes before she died. If not yours, do it for her sake," he said overlooking what she just said and Belle noticed it. She wondered if he planned to leave her side one day and the thought made her sad.