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Duke is still. "What?"She shakes her head at his ignorance. " What Duke?" She asks. " You thought maybe you were so lucky that a speed boat just happened to be at the shore that day and also had the money there?"That's exactly what Duke thought happened. His father probably found out that something tragic would happen and he kept the boat there, but apparently, that's not what happened. She scoffs and walks back to the table. She pulls out a bottle of vodka and two shot cups as she pours out the drink. She sets one in front of Duke, but he is lost in his thoughts. " You saved me?" He finally finds his voice again. " Well, in some kind of way. " She shrugs. " I heard of the plan against your father after he was stripped of his lordship and there was nothing I could do, so I set up an escape plan for you. ""How did you know I would escape?""Hope, Duke. I had a lot of hope that your family would get out of it. " She sighs. All of this, it's too much for Duke to process and he
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Melody looks at herself in the mirror and she blows away the strand of hair that is falling over her left eye but it only bounces and returns to its position. It's hard for her to even recognize herself in the mirror because of the makeup. The sharp contrast between the redness of her lips and the innocent pale skin of hers is too obvious. Even though it's so uncomfortable, she is not going to wipe it off or try to reduce the makeup because she knows that they are going to reapply it anyway. She concentrates on her eyes in the images and she reminds herself that she can do this another day. She takes off her robe and lets it calm to the ground. She is only putting on a red bra and panties to match, nothing more. She takes off the shirt that looks so smooth that she is so careful not to make crisps on it as she puts it on. That's it, that's all the clothing she is going to get for the shoot today. She isn't allowed to button up too, she just holds the sides together and turns aro
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Bloom hasn't forgotten all about Jace and he is not going bro any time soon. He remembers how Jace got crazy and drugged Melody and how if not for him she would have been in real trouble. " Wait, is that not the same asshole who drugged you?" Bloom points out as if she can't see the obvious. " Man, it's not like that. " She sighs. " Jace got caught up in some irrational thought of his, but he apologized and we are cool now. "Bloom only nods, he can't convince her otherwise, can he? And it's not like it's any of his business right now. " Why don't we forget about what happened in the past and just have a nice dinner?" She suggests. " Yes, ma'am, if you say so. " He agrees. They wait for the cars driving by to all go before they cross to the other side of the road. The restaurant " reale" isn't one of those big ones. This is a medium-sized restaurant but it's fully packed with luxury and class. Not everyone can afford it, so they aren't big enough to accommodate everyone in tow
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Melody returns to her hotel room with exhaustion weighing her like a bag of cement that was dipped into water. She falls on the bed with a long sigh and kicks off her shoes. All she wants at this point is just to go to sleep, but she can't do that now, she can't. She can't go to sleep knowing that Bloom is going to tell Duke the truth if she doesn't tell him herself. Duke might be as calm as water, but he gets pretty crazy when he gets angry, she knows this. He is very defensive of her and if he finds out that Jace was the one who pitched the modeling idea to her, he is going to be good as dead whenever Duke sees him. She rolls her eyes as she takes out her phone. He better answers his phone, he better pick up. She sits up on the bed and crosses her leg as she starts the excruciating process of dialing his number. The problem is not calling him, it's the fact that he doesn't want to pick up her calls. She tried, God, she tried for tens of times but he was just so stubborn. Sh
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Duke looks down at his soiled clothes and then at her. Her face is hard and arrogant, she doesn't look sorry, not even for a bit. He is not concerned with her not looking sorry, he is more concerned about why she did it. He is always mad and stressed out from the moment he went to get the coffee and now he is super crazy. He wants to yell at her and demand to know why she did what she has done, but then he remembers that they are not the only ones who are in the room. " I don't like cold coffee, Duke. " She shakes her head. " You had to learn the hard way. "Even Mister Jimmy and Lord William are shocked by her action. They haven't uttered a word and that's probably because they have lost their voices " It's not cold. " Duke says under his voice. "Speak louder, boy." She urges him. " It's not cold!" He holds his cloth away from his body, he hates the wetness of it against his clothes. He shoots up a deadly glare at her. " I literally went out under the goddamn sun and I am
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Duke is smoking a cigarette in the alley. He doesn't smoke, but lately, he has been stressed out that he has started picking up some bad habits. It's kind of dark in the alley, because of the lack of sunlight or any artificial light. No one really comes to this side of the building and since he has to stick around while Mister Jimmy and the rest work, he decides to meet Bloom here. He sees Duke walking towards him as he blows a puff of smoke out into the air. Bloom begs him and Duke offers him a handshake. " Good morning, boss. " Bloom greets after taking the surprise handshake that was offered to him. " You look good. " Duke compliments. " Italy treated you well, didn't you?"" It was a beautiful country sir and I didn't spend more than two days there. " Bloom explains. Duke nods and then he throws the cigarette to the ground and puts it out. Bloom's eyes watch him and he doesn't miss the judgment in them. " You don't have half of the shit that I have been through when you we
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It feels so unreal and scary as Duke listens to the scariest discussion of his life. The Grand Lord is given they a long but "summarized" explanation of how they are going to sell women and children into prostitution, slavery, and other barbaric things. The way the Lords all add to the conversation, like human beings have somehow turned into a commodity and how they blab about the profits that are going to be getting from this, he can't believe it. His eyes are on Eve and even though she keeps giving him silent signs not to look at him as it's going to pull attention to them, he can't stop. She blinks more than normal, but his judgemental eyes won't leave her face and since she can't take it anymore, she decides to use other measures. "Duke, is it?" She nods at him. " What's the problem? Why are you looking at me?"The Grand Lord has gone off the call and they are just discussing within themselves now and they all turn to him. Duke shrugs that he doesn't have any problem with he
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Duke is leaning against his car when Bloom steps out of his BMW with a box in his hands. Duke has a cigarette hanging between his lips and his hands are deep in his pockets. There is a bit of cold and the cigar is keeping him warm. Bloom slightly frowns with disapproval when he sees the cigar in his boss' mouth. Duke leans off the car and takes the boxes from Bloom. " Do you have everything that I asked for?" Duke looks at the lid of the box, not wanting to go through the trouble of checking. " Yes. " Bloom nods. He is looking at the cigarette, but he doesn't know what words to use. "What?" Duke shrugs. " Did someone call to ask me to come back to base?""No. " Bloom quickly dismisses that. " I have been lying to them, just like you have been asking me to. "" Good. " Duke snorts with laughter. " I don't want more Renee's walking in here. " Bloom runs his hands through his hair, Duke can tell that there is more to this. " What then?" He asks, his face serious. "Sir, it's the