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Duke tries to drive to the house as carefully as he can because his mind keeps drifting away every now and then. Why does her grandfather want to see him? Whenever her father asks to see him, he gets anxious, but it doubles whenever it's her grandfather. He gets to the house when it's almost night and then he walks straight to the door. He spends some minutes before the bell gets answered. One of the servant girls is the one who answers the door and she gives him a flat look, even the servants here don't consider him to be anyone. " I'm here to see Mister Futterman. " He says. " Is he in?"She nods and widens the door. He walks in and meets Mister Jimmy reading the newspaper, his eyes glancing through the pages. "Good evening, sir. " He greets. Mister Jimmy drops the newspaper and turns to him. "Duke, what took you so long?" He sighs, but at least his voice is not hostile. " I asked to see you hours ago. "Mister Jimmy gestures to the seats and Duke sits in one of them. "I'm
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Duke wasn't going to give in to this greedy man's request, but right now he is seriously considering it. Meetings with the great five? The very people that he has been seeking to bring down to their knees? Of course, he is going to take the deal, he doesn't care what it's going to cost him. " You need a bodyguard because of the meetings with the great five?" Duke tries not to sound excited. " Yes," Mister Jimmy affirms. " You know, a man like me has so many enemies and it's harder when you can tell your friends from your foes. I need someone to protect me in case something happens. "" Something like the faceless man attacking?" Duke tries his hardest not to smirk. " Exactly. That slippery son of the devil has been, but I have a feeling that he is going to sneak up on us very soon again. "Duke bends his head, pretending to be deep in thought or something. " I need someone I can trust for this job and since you are Melody's husband, this is a win for all of us. " Mister Jimmy tr
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Duke walks casually through the reception with his hands in the pocket of his jacket. Bloom is ahead of him, in a suit like always, and he smiles at the receptionist as they walk to the elevator. She blushes like she has just seen the man of her dreams and she beams at him. Bloom goes to the elevator and holds it while Duke walks in too. When Duke is in, he presses one of the buttons and the door shuts. " Looks like you are popular with the ladies now. " Duke looks up. "Um, no sir, it's just that I have been here for a long time. " Bloom pushes his hair back. " She has just gotten familiar with me because she assisted me a lot when I got here. " Duke makes a face and nods like he knows Bloom might be lying, but he doesn't want to get into the story with him. The elevator stops and Bloom leads him out of the place. This is a five-star hotel and even though Duke is used to such luxury, he can't stop looking. Bloom leads him up to one of the doors at the end of the hall and swipe
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Melody is outside in her hoodie when Duke drives in. He has been living with her for months now since they got married and this is the first time that she looks this odd.Her being outside, in his hoodie, with a cup of tea in her hand and this look on her face. It's both a good and a bad sign since their fight because he can't really tell what is going on in her head so much. He stops out of the car and walks to her, he kisses her face. "Hey, babe. " He kisses her. " How are you doing?"She shrugs, but her left shoulder is kind of stiff, it hasn't healed so much. " What are you doing outside?" He asks her and proceeds to open the door. " Just needed some air. " She says. She walks back into the house and he goes after her. The TV is on, a little too loud, and a half-eaten plate of food is on the table. He works quickly, he refuses the volume of the television and then takes the food back to the kitchen and puts a lid over it. She is sitting, staring blankly at the television,
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He is so relieved, this has been what he has been waiting to hear from her for a long time and he is happy that he has come now. She can't hold back her emotions, she tries to breathe well, but the tears keep coming out of her eyes. "Come on, it's okay. " He can't be mad at her forever, he pulls her and encloses his hands around her. She hugs him back, it has been so long that they can't believe how much they have missed each other. " Will you forgive me?" She sniffs. " That was a very stupid thing that did. "" Please don't say that about yourself, and yes, I have forgiven you. " He wipes her eyes and rubs her cheek. " And I should ask for your forgiveness too. I should have told you about Renee. "" I can't believe that I thought you fucked her. " She looks down. " Maybe I should have trusted you even more. " " And I, you. " He smiles. " Now, let's go inside, don't want to give the neighbors something to gossip about. "Still, in the arms of each other, they waddle their way in
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Duke stops scrubbing and he turns to her, with clear anger in his eyes. Maybe he didn't hear what she said the first time and he had better ask her. He turns off the water, steps out of the shower, and takes a towel which he ties around his waist. Now, he is standing right in front of her and wants to hear her repeat herself, maybe her ears were playing tricks on her. " Melody, what did you say?""Yeah, you heard me right. " She dares him. She isn't even scared, she has the heart of a lion right now. " What did you say?" He asks again, his voice slightly raised than the first time. " I said if you think that you still want to be my grandfather's bodyguard, maybe you don't value me enough. Maybe it's time we go our separate ways. " She tells him. Duke's jaw tightens and he rubs his hand over it, he wants to hit something so bad right now. " You want to leave me?" He painfully asks her. " How could you even say that? We have just been married for a few months. "" Maybe a few m
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Duke pulls up the car in front of Mister Jimmy's house and he looks at it. He doesn't want to go out just yet, he pulls out his phone and dials Melody's number. Like the many times he has been calling, she ends the call before it rings more than twice. She has been back home since she left after their argument and no, she didn't return. She has been picking up her phone too and she hasn't been replying to his texts too. The fact that she has been ignoring him doesn't stop him from sitting back against the seat and constructing another message for her. "Melody, this is not funny anymore. Call me back. "He clicks send and inhales deeply. By some miracle, he is hoping that she is going to reply to him right away, but that's not what happens – nothing happens. He leans back and calls Bloom instead, maybe something serious will take his mind off the fact that he hasn't seen his wife in a few days. Bloom picks up immediately, Duke has been paid to do that. " Good morning boss. " B
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Duke is heading out when one of the servant girls walks up to him. "Um, good morning, sir. " She greets. It sounds strange that she is greeting him because they never did. "Oh, good morning. " Duke gives her a small nod. " Lord Jimmy asked to give this to you. " She holds a check to him. " It's money for you to get appropriate clothes for your new job."Duke is surprised, but he takes the check and he reads through it. It's worth five hundred dollars, it's supposed to be much for the person he is pretending to be. " Wow, this is too much. " She holds his hand over his mouth. " He said you shouldn't ask to see him, that he wants to take a short trip to see an old friend and he has left already. " She says. "Oh. " Duke holds his hand over his forehead, he is still looking at the check. She nods slightly and then turns back to return to the house, she shuts the door in his face. Duke blows out a puff of air from his mouth and he walks back to the house. He stuffs the check in his