The Heavenly Fugitive
“He was always amusing, and tonight he had seemed in particularly good spirits. Now as he opened the door and she stepped out of the car, she thought of the strangeness of their so-called affair. It was the newspapers that called it that, and of course, Lyle would have liked to put reality into the word.
Amelia had refused several of his invitations to go out but finally had agreed out of curiosity. She had never before dated a man with more money than he could possibly spend. Deckerton was ...rich enough to meet that description. His father had made a fortune in the stock market, then had branched out into manufacturing. Since Lyle was the only son, the odds were good that one day he would control all of the millions his father had raked together.
Deckerton had provided plenty of fodder for the nation’s gossip columnists. He was handsome enough, with fair hair and mild blue eyes and a dimple on each cheek, giving him a cherubic look. There were no lines on his face, for he had not overtaxed himself with studies while at college, nor had the cares of this world been a burden.MoreLess
Amelia had refused several of his invitations to go out but finally had agreed out of curiosity. She had never before dated a man with more money than he could possibly spend. Deckerton was ...rich enough to meet that description. His father had made a fortune in the stock market, then had branched out into manufacturing. Since Lyle was the only son, the odds were good that one day he would control all of the millions his father had raked together.
Deckerton had provided plenty of fodder for the nation’s gossip columnists. He was handsome enough, with fair hair and mild blue eyes and a dimple on each cheek, giving him a cherubic look. There were no lines on his face, for he had not overtaxed himself with studies while at college, nor had the cares of this world been a burden.MoreLess
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