Hannah rubbed her sleep-swollen eyes, puzzled.
“But I didn’t order food.”
“This is a little something from our young master.”
The butler bowed slightly, grinning.
“He noticed you hadn’t had lunch today, so he specially asked me to bring you this delicacy.”
“Mr. Keith Compton asked you to do this?” With a frown, Hannah glanced at the food on the table, then at the butler smiling in front of her.
“Yes, Miss Moore.”
Hannah really found it strange that a total stranger like Keith showed such concern for her.
Even yesterday afternoon at the lakeside, he had engaged her in a very friendly conversation when she met him.
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And now he had asked the butler to bring her lunch. She didn’t understand why.
“Please thank Mr. Compton on my behalf,” Hannah said blankly. There was no surprise on her face.
“Certainly, Miss Moore.”
When the butler told Keith about this, he asked, eyebrows puckered, “Is that all she said?”
“Yes, Miss Moore just asked me to thank you, Mr. Compton.”
Trent glanced at Keith and burst out Laughing.
“You scared her with this unsolicited concern. Keith,” he teased. He was sitting beside Keith, holding the video game pad.
“You talk too much,”
Keith retorted, looking unhappily at Trent.
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Trent merely shrugged and replied, “It’s obvious that she regards you as an outsider. I’ve tried explaining to you that hospitality doesn’t seem to be working.”
Keith snorted.
“Do you have a better idea?” he asked.
Trent leaned in, his eyes glinting with mischief.
“There’s a horse race scheduled for tomorrow, right? Why not make an announcement then, stating that the land will go to the winner? That way, we can let Hannah win the race. And with a shared business venture on the horizon, we’ll have more opportunities to cross paths.”
Keith looked Trent up and down before conceding, “You do have a knack for scheming. You just haven’t always used it in the right places.”