Iris:
"What was going on here?" Lady Vivian demanded as I hastily stepped away from Markus.
Markus wore a strange expression, like he had achieved something. He kept it subtle, but I saw it.
"Nothing. Nothing was happening," Markus replied in a hesitant tone, like someone caught red-handed.
"It did not look like nothing," Lady Vivian muttered, looking me up and down angrily as if I had stolen her kidney.
"Well, it was something," I cut in, stopping them before they continued.
Both of them turned their eyes to me.
"He was falling and decided to pull me down with him. In short, he needed support. I had nothing to do with it," I explained, trying to clear whatever suspicion Lady Vivian held or was trying to create.
"Odd," Lady Vivian remarked. Her eyes showed how much anger she held toward me.
"Well, take it as you will. I will take my leave. I have children to attend to," I stated, refusing to stand there and keep explaining myself just to satisfy their egos.
