Semua Bab A LADY FOR A DUKE : Bab 241 - Bab 250

And when he came, he yelled her name the way he always did. He let himself fall down over her back, fully clothed except for his cock. And because she couldn’t see him, or what might be written all over his face, he buried his head in her neck.Tyler tried to breathe. He’d spent all these years fucking other women and pretending they were her. He’d made a hobby out of it. But now he knew better.Now he knew.And he didn’t see how he was going to go fooling his cock into thinking that anyone else was her. That anything else was this. His breath sawed in and out of him. Everything hurt, and not from exertion. Lexi’s lips were parted as she did her own bit of panting, and her eyelashes were dark against her cheeks. He would remember this, too. It would haunt him.Her lashes fluttered as she opened her eyes, and then she smiled over her shoulder, intimate and soft. Tyler pulled out and turned her over, lifting her up so he could get his mouth on hers. And he kissed her, haunted already wh

And he wished he was less her friend and more the ruthless bastard he was in every other area of his life. He could take that ring off her finger and smash it. He could spirit her off somewhere and maroon her there, until the next thing she begged for was his ring. He could marry her, get a few kids on her and indulge this fantasy of his in every possible way.A bastard like that wouldn’t care how she’d feel some years down the road, when the enormity of how hugely she’d disappointed her father would kick in. He’d weather it, not giving a shit, because he’d have her. Having her would be the only thing that mattered—not how she felt about it. And not how the world would view it.They would tut and smirk and no doubt get far nastier, if it suited them. No one would ever accept that their beloved Lady Alexia should fall so far, and end up linked forever to a bit of trash. He couldn’t help but wish he cared more about the end result and less about how he’d get them there. It would make ev

He gazed back at her with absolutely no expression on his face.Clinically speaking, he was a handsome man. Lexi knew that, even if she didn’t feel the way a prospective wife likely should. Lily had spent the whole of their friendship moaning about how cold her brother was, how cruel, but Lexi had never seen any of that herself. He was simply… expressionless, always. But what she hadn’t understood until now was that he had never truly focused all of his attention on her before.It was…intense. Something very nearly alarming. The full force of his attention made her want to squirm. But she didn’t.“This is very awkward,” she said instead, because it seemed better to say it than to continue to sit there in silence. Victor only gazed back at her, as unreadable as before, “I certainly never anticipated that you would see…that.”Lexi knew she should start apologizing, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. Because she wasn’t sorry. If anything, she was sorry that Victor had interrupted t

He stormed into his kitchen, not afraid to make noise as he rattled his cupboards. He rummaged around in his refrigerator, throwing together the healthy smoothie he normally drank after his runs, barely paying attention to what he was doing.Because what did it matter?Congratulations, you pathetic fucker, he growled at himself. You’re a great friend. Lucky you. He braced himself on the kitchen bench, but when he looked out toward his million-dollar view, stopped short. Because a woman was standing there with her back to him, staring out at the same sea. His heart walloped him one. Then another.But he was dreaming, of course. He was hallucinating. He’d been up all night, putting out fires and kicking asses all over the globe, and his morning hadn’t exactly gone to plan. If he was lucky, he thought sourly, this was actually him in the midst of his death throes. They’d find his body out there on the path somewhere, twitching off into eternity.But she turned around, and the wind picked

Her best friend didn't seem to mind or care about the accusation since it was true, “I called Tyler, you know?”Usually Lexi would try to end the conversation or change the topic whenever Tyler's name was mentioned, but now Lily's revelation piqued her interest, “You did? Why?”“Oh look who suddenly wants to talk about Tyler…”“Lily please. You didn't talk to him about me, did you?” If she did then her friend had definitely crossed a line. “Relax. I'm getting married next week, remember? And Tyler is still my friend. I called to make sure he got the invitation and was going to honor it,” The thought of seeing Tyler again sent a chill down Lexi's spine. She would never be able to face him again after she'd literally thrown herself and bore her heart to him, only to get rejected. He didn't want to be in her life anymore. Those had been his words, and judging from the silence on his part since she she left Olkfield, he'd meant every word. But there was nothing she could do about it. S