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And before she’d gotten on that plane, Lexi would have laughed at the idea that she would ever kneel before anyone and beg. For this or anything else. Even earlier tonight, as she’d waited for him by the opera house, she would have rolled her eyes if he’d sauntered up to her and predicted she would beg for the privilege of taking him in her mouth. But he’d been right about that, too. She felt like a different person. Like a stranger to whoever that Lexi had been. Because this Lexi knew that if
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  • A LADY FOR A DUKE    259

    So she’d said. He got the feeling there was something more behind her words but decided not to press. It wasn’t important. Figuring out how he’d convince her of the next step should the test be positive was. “Do you feel like eating?”Lexi didn't think she could eat anything right now so she shook her head, “No. Thank you.” She smoothed her hand over her neck and rubbed, softly at first then harder. “It’s a beautiful night,” Tyler murmured, hoping to distract her long enough to get her to breathe. “But the sky is different in Olkfield.”His attempt worked. Lexi took a deep breath, lifted her face to the heavens and, for a moment, the rubbing stopped. “I loved the sky in Olkfield,” she said. Now was his chance. Tyler cupped her elbow in his hand and gently squeezed, feeling the chill on her skin despite the warm night air. “I shouldn't have said those things I said that day, Lexi. I regret saying them, and I don't regret our time together. I'd been waiting for the opportunity to be

  • A LADY FOR A DUKE    258

    Couldn’t anything go right today? Did they have to do this now? “It’s not like that.” Oh, yeah, that sounded convincing.“Then how is it? You must think you are pregnant, or you’re in serious doubt. You weren’t going to say anything?”“I’m not.”“Then why do you have this?”Because I’m scared. Because I can’t believe what we did resulted in this. Because if I am, it’s all my fault and the timing sucks. Because I'm not prepared for this. She lowered her lashes and concentrated on staying calm.“Talk to me. You can’t stay mad at me forever, Lexi.”Oh, but she could try. She didn’t acknowledge his words, but she didn’t deny them either. She’d most certainly wished everything away if she could. “The test is to set my mind at ease. Women take these all the time.”He stared at her like she’d grown two heads. “Yeah, they do—because they think they might be pregnant. You’ve been sick a lot like today? Morning sickness?”Would he just lay off? Refusing to get into details as to all the reason

  • A LADY FOR A DUKE    257

    Tyler made his way to Lexi's room and hoped she'd be in a better mood, but since his presence alone seemed to put her in a foul mood, he couldn't count on it. Not that he could blame her. Everytime he thought about what he'd said to her in Olkfield, he cringed hard. What moron finally got the woman of his dreams and sent her away because he was angry and scared and didn't feel like he was worth it? Well, that moron was him. It had taken him a few days after she left to realise what a terrible mistake he'd made. When he couldn’t stay in his own house anymore because literally every room and everything reminded him of her.His fears had come to pass. Everything he'd been afraid of had happened, and the worst part of it was that he'd made it happen. At least before they'd become lovers, he'd had their friendship, and that had felt like torture in a way, but at least he had her in his life. He'd had something to hold on to. And now that he had none of it, nothing felt right. Nothing ma

  • A LADY FOR A DUKE    256

    He turned to her, his face partially doused in shadow, wearing that crooked grin. “No, you don’t.”Damn him. He still knew exactly which buttons to push. But she wasn’t going to take the bait. She was going to stay calm. “Yes, I do.”“We have some catching up to do,”His eyes strayed to the front of the threadbare, oversize shirt and the grin went from amused to carnal. Exactly what kind of catching up did he think they would be doing?“I love how you like to wear T-shirts to bed. Usually mine a few weeks ago.” He hooked his thumbs in the front pockets of his jeans and something dangerously hot flickered in his eyes. “You said you liked them cause they smelled like me.”She crossed her arms and shot him a chilling look. Undaunted, his eyes wandered over her.“And I see that as usual, you are waiting until your hair is dry to brush it.”She hated that he knew her so well. “You need to leave,” she said. “I have work to finish.”He didn’t move. “I guess you got that e-mail you were waiti

  • A LADY FOR A DUKE    255

    “It's not like that, Dee,” Lexi said, although she had no idea what it was like anymore, but clearly Dee seemed to take Tyler's presence as a sign that they were a couple again. She hoped Miss Tactless would get the message and not ask any more questions, but then Tyler said, “Yes you're right I guess, but sadly we broke each other's hearts,” Tyler said, flashing Lexi a wry grin.Lexi glanced in Lily's direction and could see the needle on Lily's stress meter creeping into the red zone. Lily eyed the Tweedles’ untouched chocolate mousse and asked, “Would anyone like seconds on dessert?”“Not me,” Tyler said, rubbing a hand across what Lexi knew was a washboard stomach. “I’m stuffed. Well, I think I’ll take a walk on the beach before it gets dark,” He rose to his feet, and with his eyes on Lexi asked, “Anyone care to join me?”As if. “I will!” Lily said, popping up from her chair with such enthusiasm that she bumped the table and sent her champagne glass teetering precariously. Dani

  • A LADY FOR A DUKE    254

    Yet, as she feared earlier on the balcony, it was crystal clear that he had no intention of keeping his promise. In fact, he was doing everything he could to make her as uncomfortable as humanly possible.And he did it damned well.Throughout dinner, every time she looked up from her plate of mostly untouched food, his eyes were on her. He wasn’t even attempting to be subtle, the big jerk.At this rate she would be leaving this house a total basket case.Daniel kept shooting Lexi apologetic smiles as Victor and Tyler glared at each other, and Lily had started stress eating. She had finished her own meal and was stealing bites from Daniel's plate when she thought no one was watching… Daniel's other groomsman and best man, Calvin and Dale, observed with blatant curiosity. Lily's bridesmaids were another story. The motor-mouth twins—or as Lily liked to call them, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum—were too busy flapping their jaws to notice anything. Or anyone else for that matter. They weren’

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