James was excited for Freya to come home. He could feel something bubbling inside him, seeing her just made him feel happy, relaxed and like himself; even when he had to remain professional. His ears twitched as he heard a sound at the door and proceeded to it to await her arrival but the sound on the other side of the door dropped his heart to his stomach. Was that… a man’s voice?

The door opened to reveal that she was accompanied by two other individuals. One was a young lady and the other was a man. Though his greeting was a simple hello and nod, James greeted the new people as a butler should but any time he wasn’t in eye contact with the young man, his lips dropped ever-so slightly into a frown of disapproval. He left the three to talk in the living room as he disappeared back into the kitchen to finish dinner. The laughter and chatter from the living room made his heart ache, especially when Freya would laugh at something Alex said. It made his stomach turn and a look of disapproval appear across his normally straight face. Was he, jealous?

Emerging from the kitchen he had three plates laid gently out on a tray. “Dinner is served.” He announced as he entered into the living room and began to place the perfectly prepared plates in front of everyone. “Tonight is [url=http://www.fnstatic.co.uk/images/content/recipe/the-ultimate-beef-wellington.jpg]Beef Wellington with fried vegetables.[/url]” After giving everyone their food he hesitated for a moment before bowing quickly at their ‘thank you’s and disappearing into the kitchen. Placing his hands on the counter and stared down at it; she was sitting next to him… next to that, guy who was checking her out at every chance he got! 

His hands ripped onto the counter. The look on that man’s face was anything but respectful; his mind was elsewhere and wanting to take advantage of Freya in more ways than one. James felt his blood begin to boil the more he thought about it. That wasn’t right. Freya was a beautiful woman who deserved respect and that Alex-guy was looking at her like she was a piece of meat. And if he found out whom her father was there was no limit to how much that man could try to use her… His whole body paused, his rational side taking over as he looked down at his balled up fists. He had no idea what Alex’s actual intentions were, he was blowing it completely out of proportion and building the young man up to look like a bad guy when he didn’t know him. A long soft sigh left James as he claimed himself down. He had no room to judge this young man but… he couldn’t help but admit to himself that he was jealous.