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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
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Duke is adjusting his suit as he looks at his hair in the mirror, he makes sure that his hair is not sticking out and messing with his perfection. How the hell holds meetings in the night? Even the general, who decides which country is destroyed, doesn't hold night meetings unless it's an emergency. He almost forgot that this is the great five, the brotherhood that puts men in high places and also removes them too, their meetings won't be easily done during the day time, the night is a special ingredient to their evilness. Duke is in the car when Mister Jimmy walks in with a black coat over himself and dark shades too. He shuts the door and looks at Duke through the mirror. " You don't have a coat on?" Mister Jimmy frowns. " Are you planning to freeze to death?"" I had no idea that we would be having an outing this late at night and I kind of forgot about a coat. "" Well it's going to be a very cold night for you, I am sure of that. " Mister Jimmy nods. " You won't forget next
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The hefty bodyguard behind her walks out of the room immediately. Duke looks like he has been struck by lightning as he can't stop looking at this beautiful woman. She should be in her early fifties but she hasn't lost even the slightest bit of her youthful beauty. Her dark hair is over her shoulders and she walks away from the puddle of her cloak in silk gracefulness. Duke, on instinct, pulls out a chair for her and she smiles at him. He grabs her cloak and puts it on a rack in the room. It must be for her because the others still have their coats on. " Welcome, Lord Eve. " Mister Jimmy bows to her and that's the most mind-blowing thing Duke has seen in this association. In here where women are servile it's interesting to see a woman who is standing around with the leaders. Lord Eve, as he heard what was said, looks down on the table as she taps her finger. "Why don't I feel welcomed?" She looks around. " Oh, I have never felt welcome. Not when I was a common member and not n
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Duke feels the slim sides of the paper against his finger and he watches her walk out and wink at him just before she completely covers her face completely with the cloak. He is frozen until she leaves and then he turns back to Mister Jimmy and Lord William. They are both preparing to leave the room he is looking at them. " The fucking cunt. " Lord William curses. " She has been a lot lousier since her husband died. I remember when she kept quiet and listened when he was alive..."" The grand Lord still made her one of the Lords and there is nothing we can do about it. " Mister Jimmy shakes his head. " There is nothing we can do about it. "Lord William stops as if he has an idea that no one can guess. " How about you tell the Grand Lord that we want to get her removed?" He suggests. " It has been done before and I know that he is not going to have a problem doing it one more time. "Mister Jimmy shuts his eyes tightly as if he wants to drive out the bad memories from his brain.
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Duke looks back at her, with a smile on his face, but he hasn't gotten the words to tell her right now. She looks around again and then stands up to her feet. She gestures to him. " Come on, let's find somewhere private to talk. " She walks away. Duke doesn't trust her, hell he doesn't trust anyone in the great five and his eyes are the only thing that follows her as she walks back to the stairs. When she notices that he isn't behind her, she stops and gives him a small frown. " Trust me, I am not one of the bad guys. Come. " She urges him. Duke pushes himself to his feet and he follows behind her. She walks up the stairs and he leaves a few steps between them. They encounter one of the servant girls on their way up and the scared girl stops and presses herself against the wall and keeps her eyes on the ground. " I am busy and I don't want to be disturbed. " Lord Eve says to her. " Let the others know. "" Yes, ma'am. " Duke follows after her, wondering how the hell she know