Ethan noticed the movement and let out a light chuckle. "Oh ho, I see what's happening here. You have a thing for the girl."
Rayleigh turned away quickly, his jaw setting in that particular way people did when they had been caught.
"That makes more sense now," Ethan said, shaking his head with amusement in his voice.
There was a brief pause where nobody said anything.
Then Ethan sighed and finally said. "Alright, look. I'm going to ask one person about this. If she has no way to go about it, then I'm sorry but I won't take her in."
Rayleigh's shoulders visibly relaxed. "Thank you."
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Eventually, they all returned to the manor. Valerie, had been summoned down from her room, and right now Rayleigh had just explained everything to her in detail.
Ethan watched silently from to the side.
