"Hey, sleepy head, time to get up," Tristan tells the sleeping beauty. He was rather shocked to find the door unlocked. He was sure that he heard the click of the lock after he left her room the night before. But he is pleased to find it open.

Eva moves a bit on the bed. "Eva, time to get up." Tristan wants to lean down and kiss her awake, but there is no way he's going to chance ruining everything by moving too fast.

"Tristan? What time is it?" Eva says opening her eyes and sitting up.

"It's seven o'clock. I wasn't sure how much time you would need to get ready so I am getting you up now. I hope you aren't upset?"

"That late?" Eva jumps out of bed, forgetting her audience and what she's wearing. Tristan on the other hand is very appreciative. Not that the clothes are indecent by any means. But her night shirt is just an overlarge t-shirt and then she's wearing short shorts for bottoms.

"Now, that is a sight worth waking up early for." Tristan teases her a bit. At her dagger glare he quickly questions, "Would you like some coffee or something to drink before we leave?"

"Do you have peppermint tea?" Eva asks even as she pulls her clothes out to change into after her shower.

"Not sure, but I'll find out. If we don't would you like some juice or something else to drink?"

Eva pauses, "Yeah, some orange juice would be nice." It's been awhile since she's been able to afford juice to drink.

"Okay, either the tea or the juice will be waiting for you for when you get out of the shower." Tristan goes to her main doors and unlocks them. Before he goes out he tosses out, "You are beautiful first thing in the morning. Thanks for staying over last night."

Eva colors a bright red at his words. "I slept better than I think I ever have last night. Thank you for inviting me here." With that she runs into the bathroom and forcefully shuts the door. Tristan goes out of the room chuckling at her reaction. He hopes that she will be just as happy with the date he has planned for the day. He bites his lip worried that it will be too much for her.

He shrugs and makes his way down the stairs and to the kitchen. As he gets his coffee he asks the cook if they have peppermint tea.

The cook stares at Tristan not understanding why he would be asking for an herbal tea when he drinks coffee. "I don't think so, sir. Not much cause for the herbal teas, most everyone prefers coffee, like yourself." They live off coffee due to how little sleep they get by their schedules.

"Would you like me to put it on the shopping list, for in the future, sir?" The cook asks anxiously, she needs this job and can't afford to lose it because she didn't buy something she was supposed to get.

"I'll let you know. The tea is for my guest, but if she won't be here then there isn't much reason to buy the tea. Hopefully she'll be a guest many times in the future." Tristan smiles softly just thinking about Eva sleeping here and waking her every morning. He wishes that he didn't have to leave in the morning.

He hopes that Eva will be willing to continue dating him when he gets back. Then he hopes that she'll continue dating him after the gala. He winces at the thought of what is likely to happen at that event. The parasites will be out in droves. So will the perverted men that are the male version of the parasites. The elite entitled males, that have never been told no and been punished if they took what they wanted anyway.

Just the thought of one of them going after Eva makes him start growling. To distract himself he gets out a glass and then orange juice and pours Eva's juice.

"Sir, would you like me to prepare something for you and your guest?" The cook asks hesitantly. Tristan rarely eats breakfast there at the house, but she doesn't want to assume anything with him.

"No, we'll be leaving once she's ready to go. Thank you for asking though. How have the men been treating you?" Tristan asks, she's a good cook and doesn't want to have to replace her because his men weren't behaving.

The cook smiles her appreciation at his concern. "They have been fine. I really don't have much direct contact with them. You might want to ask the maids how they've been treated by your men, though."

Tristan's face turns dark, "Have they been mistreating the maids?"

Tristan has a strict rule about the help, you treat them with respect. If his men aren't following that rule then he needs to talk to his men again.

"I'm not sure, sir. There have been some whisperings among the ladies, but they haven't told me anything. It might be nothing."

"Thank you, make sure you have them tell me if the men are misbehaving. I won't tolerate them treating any of you badly."

"Yes, sir. Thank you sir. It is refreshing having a boss that cares so much about his servants." What she doesn't say but thinks is, especially since he's so violent to others. Tristan's tendency to anger is legendary, but so far he's kept it away from the staff and only his men have suffered from it.

Tristan just nods and heads up to Eva's room. He pulls out his phone as he goes up the stairs. "Tom, while I'm gone on my trip, I want you to talk to the maids. Find out if any of the men are being disrespectful. I won't tolerate any..."

Tristan listens to what Tom has to say. "If you find any, take them to the cells and I'll deal with it when I get home. Eva hopefully will be staying here as well. She's to be completely hands off to every one. If there is any disrespect shown to her call me immediately. I want her to feel like this is a safe place for her. I'm hoping that she'll accept me as her boyfriend after she has a taste of the elite world. She's agreed to go to the gala with me if the date today goes well. Did you talk or text her friend about today?"

Tristan knocks on Eva's door and when there is no answer opens the door and takes the juice in. Setting it down on the table on the side of the bed. Turning around he spots Eva coming out of the bathroom wrapped in her towel. She had forgotten to grab her underthings.

She stops like a deer caught in the headlights when she sees Tristan. "I was just dropping your juice off. It seems that we don't have peppermint tea. If you are going to be staying here I'll have the cook buy some the next time she goes shopping."

Eva blushes bright red. "There is no reason to buy it just for me. I don't drink it all the time just occasionally. I can make do with the juice."

Tristan smiles, "It's no problem, Eva. Please, if there is anything that you would like that would make your stay here even more comfortable don't hesitate to ask. Buying something like that is little enough, I am more than willing to do so."

Eva still blushing looks down but nods. "I should be ready to go in about half an hour."

Tristan hides his shock at how quick she'll be but tells her that he'll be in his study and to have a maid show her in when she's ready.

Once Tristan leaves, Eva jumps into action and hurries to get ready. She doesn't want him to wait very long.