"Cissa, sweetheart wake up." Lucius whispered.

Narcissa stirred when she felt Lucius lightly shake her by the shoulder. She blinked sleepily up at him and glared at him as he threw the covers off of them.

"What time is it?" she yawned.

"Nearly eight-thirty." came Lucius's reply.

She groaned and rolled over, pulling the covers back over her. She wanted to sleep in, she didn't want to get up this early.

"Lucius go back to sleep." she moaned.

But all she heard was her fiance chuckle, and felt his breath on her face.

"Sweetheart, I've got to be at the Ministry at ten. I wanted breakfast with my beautiful wife-to-be before I have to leave." he whispered.

Narcissa felt his strong arms wrap around her and she turned her face to meet his. She rolled her eyes and Lucius gave her a triumphant smile as he threw the covers back off of her. They both rose from the bed, pulling on their summer dressing gowns and heading out to the gardens to eat breakfast on the terrace. The elves had already prepared the table with croissants, buns and tea for the two of them. The morning paper was folded neatly just waiting for one of them to read it.

The pair sat at the table and helped themselves to tea and croissants, discussing the plans for the day ahead. Lucius mostly talked about his dealings with various business partners at the Ministry whilst Narcissa declared that she was going shopping with Jemima to look at wedding dresses. After breakfast, they both headed back into the house and Narcissa rushed back to Lucius's bedroom.

Lucius followed, rushing to the en-suite that Narcissa was just about to enter. He managed to beat her to the doorway and stood blocking her way. Narcissa raised an eyebrow.

"Lucius, I was about to go for a shower." she complained.

"Sweetheart, I have to leave in forty minutes and I still have to shower and dress for the day," said Lucius.

Narcissa's eyes lit up that told Lucius she was planning something mischievous.

"Why don't you shower with me?" she said innocently but the eyes twinkled with mischief.

Lucius grinned down at her and lifted her into his arms, earning a squeal of delight.

"That's a very good idea." he whispered.

They both chuckled as Lucius backed the two of them into the en-suite, with Narcissa gently kicking the door closed.

Lucius entered his office at quarter to ten that morning in a rather good mood. He picked up his mail from his intray and even thanked his secretary for making him a cup of coffee. He hadn't noticed how surprised his secretary had been at his thank you, for the moment his secretary left the room his mood began to sour.

His meeting with two business associates had become more challenging, they were supposed to be buying land in France so that they could build a wizarding hotel but they needed to purchase more land than they had originally thought. The land that they needed to purchase was owned by a French family who were rather wealthy and well connected with the French Ministry, so Lucius decided to get the partners to negotiate with the landowners to see if they could come to a deal.

At lunchtime he received a letter from Abraxas demanding his attendance at a charity brunch in the next few days. According to his father's letter, his attendance was necessary because Malfoy men had a lot of influence. He didn't really want to go as he had already promised to take Narcissa out for brunch the same day as the charity brunch.

It was around two in the afternoon when he heard a light knocking sound on his office door.

"Enter." Lucius called harshly.

The door to his office opened and he looked up to see Penelope enter the room. He eyed her suspiciously as she walked over to his desk and placed some papers on top of his intray.

"Those are from the Department of Magical Law, Ogden says he needs you to read and sign them straight away." said Penelope.

Lucius nodded curtly and carried on writing his letter, but he noticed that Penelope still hadn't left. He exhaled heavily and met her gaze, noticing for the first time that she had gotten her lazy eye corrected.

"What is it you want Penelope?" asked Lucius.

"I read about your engagement." she replied.

Lucius chucked the quill down onto the desk and glared at her, knowing exactly that Penelope was never one to let go of the past.

"Yes I am engaged and yes we are both very happy." stated Lucius.

Penelope gave him a sly smile, "Please, she's the one you settle for?" she asked.

Lucius rose from his desk and continue to glare at her murderously.

"She's amazing." he defended.

Penelope scoffed.

"Amazing? She's Bellatrix Lestrange's little sister and everyone we went to school with knows exactly what Bellatrix is like. From what I've heard, little sister is the same." sneered Penelope.

Lucius moved quickly and grasped Penelope by the upper arm tightly.

"I love her, she's amazing and beautiful. You are just jealous by the fact that I didn't settle with you. Now get out of my office you bitter, pathetic excuse for a pureblood witch or so help me, I'll kill you." Lucius hissed.

Penelope grinned, "Touched a nerve have I?" she asked mockingly.

Lucius put his free hand on the door handle and Penelope's hand moved to his belt buckle. He froze, the whole time still continuing to glare at her through narrow eyes, going red with anger.

"I can sort you out." she purred.

Lucius moved quickly, opening the door and throwing Penelope out into the crowded corridor.

"Stay away from me, stay away from my fiance you stupid whore!" Lucius yelled and then slammed the door shut behind him.

Penelope stared evilly at the now shut door and turned away, feeling satisfied that she had touched a nerve in Lucius Malfoy. If she wanted revenge, she was going to have to make them even by being a little more creative.