Paul knew what everyone thought about his new wife. They all thought that Trisha had married him for his money. What they couldn't understand or figure out is why he had married her? Paul's private life was exactly that...private. Duke was the only person who really knew everything there was to know about him. Duke had been best friends with Paul since high...
Shortly before Friday's management meeting was due to start Neville entered Duke's office and closed the door. "The worst has been confirmed for Charlie and he's resigned. The job is yours if you want it?" "Yes please." "That pleases me Duke. You will be right for the position with higher promotion within your grasp if you do well. Your salary will increa...
The Chevalier de Guise mourned while others celebrated. He regretted not devising a ruse to absence himself from the Prince de Cleves' wedding. What pained him most was Mlle. de Chartes who smiled at all those around her, but did not shine as a bride should. While she felt great esteem and affection for the Prince de Cleves, in was clear she did not love him...
I went down into the basement and collapsed on my bed, my head spinning with the events that had transpired. A dragon. A real dragon. And he didn't eat me! Well, not literally anyways. I prodded at a root as I thought about Duke. Now that he was gone it was hard to believe that it ever happened. I would have continued to think about him had I not remembered...
John Wayne's friend, the owner of the beach house who had offered to let Wayne stay there because he was supposed to go out of town this weekend, returned to his house because his travel plans had been cancelled. He hadn't known if the Duke was going to take him up on the offer or not because he didn't say so one way or the other, but it hadn't mattered to h...
***Just a little tease during these times of social distancing*** The Duchess crossed her legs, choking her stableman into submission. She peered down beneath the grand dining table only to see the last lingering threat of defiance fading from his eyes, which made her smile. She decided to ease her grip on him. She'd had her eye on him ever since they'd ta...
Even though Rosalind had put a white handkerchief in the window, the Duke did not show. She was restless, her shadow flickering up and down the room as she paced. The Chevalier knelt outside her door, watching her, unsure of what to do. He knew the reason for her lover's absence, a quarrel with his favorite Lignerol. It would relieve her, to at least know...
Emerald Lane is a nice gated neighborhood in the suburbs of a big town. It's quiet and youthful, filled with new houses and young people. The perfect place for a couple like Duke and Sarah Adams. The two 25-year-olds had gotten married four months ago, and after braving through life in the small flat they shared ever since their college days, they managed to...
AN: Thanks to everyone for all the lovely votes! I have been sick with a cold for quite a while but that's given me lots of time to write. I hope you enjoy this next chapter, I am putting every effort to get these chapters out as fast as I can :) ***** The heat came again mid-day as we were walking towards the valley. Thankfully Duke's large form created a...
The serving boy took their plates away. Carmen stood. Tonight she was dressed in tight-fitting black leather trousers and an equally figure-hugging black leather top. There was a hole in the top where through which her cleavage was visible and she had asked Liana to knot her hair into a single braid. Carmen had said that her outfit was 'appropriate' for the...