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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
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Even though Duke has told himself times without a number that he is not going to worry about Melody, but that's all he has been doing lately. He can't get over the fact that he asked her to walk out of the car and he knows that she has left the country. Each time he shuts his eyes, he sees Melody at a studio as she displays her beautiful body for the whole world to see. He turns around in his bed, he can't even sleep. He keeps seeing her face and even catching her scent around him. This is not just another girl that he fucked because he wanted relief, this is a girl he got married to and that's why he can't give his heart peace. She is not bothered, she hasn't called, she hasn't texted, she hasn't sent him another picture. He gets a text message and he groans in frustration. He hasn't gotten any sleep last night and he feels like he is a dead corpse that has just been dug out of the ground. He hasn't brought himself to message her too and it's making him feel very bad about him
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Duke bites down on his lips as he watches the nurse put a bandage over his arm. The bullet only grazed a portion of its skin, but it went by and didn't stay in him, thankfully. "Sorry. " The nurse murmurs again even though he has told her repeatedly that it's not that painful. Her fingers are shaking gently as she turns the white material round and round his upper arm. He holds up the sleeve with his free hand so that her work won't be obstructed. She looks nervous as she works and Duke doesn't know why, from the way she spoke to the other nurses, he knows that she is not new at this. Her eyes never meet him and she tries her best to avoid contact with him. She finally finishes and takes her tray in her hand. Her shaky hands make the bandage wrap fall on his lap and he looks at her. She looks at him too, for the first time since she walked into the room. It's brief before she looks away. " I'm sorry. " She bites her lips and reaches for it, but stops halfway. Wait, does this