The Reluctant Duke (2011)
The Reluctant Duke
“‘Talk to me, damn it!’ He grasped her shoulders and shook her as she didn’t respond.
Talk to him? Lexie wasn’t sure she would ever be able to talk to Lucan again, let alone coherently. She was in love with him! Had fallen in love with Lucan St Claire—the man she had always hated. The one man who believed he had every reason to despise all her family.
Lexie had heard it said that there was a very thin line between love and hate.
How could this have happened? Why had it happened? What mad and ven...geful god—goddess—could have wished this upon her?
‘Lucan—could you move?’ Lexie pleaded desperately as the food she had eaten earlier rose like bile in the back of her throat. The feeling grew worse as she was totally overwhelmed by Lucan’s close proximity. By the fact that his body was still intimately joined with hers. ‘Now, Lucan!’ she begged. ‘I—I think I’m going to be sick!’ Lucan barely had time to disengage and roll to the side before Lexie stood up to dash madly—nakedly—to the adjoining bathroom.MoreLess
Talk to him? Lexie wasn’t sure she would ever be able to talk to Lucan again, let alone coherently. She was in love with him! Had fallen in love with Lucan St Claire—the man she had always hated. The one man who believed he had every reason to despise all her family.
Lexie had heard it said that there was a very thin line between love and hate.
How could this have happened? Why had it happened? What mad and ven...geful god—goddess—could have wished this upon her?
‘Lucan—could you move?’ Lexie pleaded desperately as the food she had eaten earlier rose like bile in the back of her throat. The feeling grew worse as she was totally overwhelmed by Lucan’s close proximity. By the fact that his body was still intimately joined with hers. ‘Now, Lucan!’ she begged. ‘I—I think I’m going to be sick!’ Lucan barely had time to disengage and roll to the side before Lexie stood up to dash madly—nakedly—to the adjoining bathroom.MoreLess
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