"The others are going to be disappointed when they learn how much you changed. They spent days worrying about you, just for you to have been lying up with a lord. Did your father approve of him?" Peter questioned, a smirk forming as Elose's expression changed.
Eloise closed her hand into a ball, yearning to strike Peter, but she wouldn't stoop to his level. "Don't you dare mention my father. From this moment on, do not think we are friends. Get away from my land."
"Lady Hawthorne," Aiden greeted Eloise as he came forward. "Is this man troubling you?"
Peter backed away, his eyes looking down at the stone wall for a loose stone to protect himself with.
"He needs to be moved from our land, and should you ever see him approaching our gates, have him turned away. He is neither a relative nor a friend. He's an unwelcome nuisance," Eloise said, disgusted by Peter. "I am done with my gardening."
