Duke came up from behind with a hot cup of coffee asking,
“Are you looking for this?”, he mumbled as he held her phone up and without any hesitation, she ran to him and grabbed her phone from him.
Placing the mug of coffee on the table, Bethany told him that she was going to call the police and Duke told her to go ahead. Her expression dropped when she noticed that he was not scared of anything so she got angry and with tears on her eyes as she thought that he had taken advantage of her, she wanted to leave but Duke realizing the kind of lady Bethany is, held her back and pulled her to him.
” I know that you love me so why are you trying so hard to fight it?”, he raised a question and his words were so hard that Bethany could not believe he had said them. Stammering as she tried to defend herself, she said that she did not love him and will never love a villain and a Casanova like himself.
Duke, listening to her calling him a lothario for the second time, pulled her more closely, and with a smile on his lips, he lowered his head as he targeted her ears, asking whether he had ever had intentions of using her.
Stammering and sweating profusely, Bethany could not answer him as she struggled to get out of his arms but Duke again told her that, if only she could accept what she was feeling for him, things will not be this difficult for her. Frowning her face, she behaved like she did not know what he was talking about and that she felt nothing but Duke taking his courage into his two hands, he placed his forcefully stole a kiss from her lips, and Bethany was frozen as she later enjoyed it.
They were interrupted by Bethany’s ringtone and she looked at Duke in the eyes thinking that he will let go of her but he kept on holding on to her and she spoke softly,
“That is my phone ringing”.
” I know it is but this moment is so special”.
Bethany took Ogg herself from his arms and walking around searching for her phone while she followed the sound, she found it on the chair that was on the other side of the room wrapped up in a small towel as it was wet.
Checking at the caller, Bethany noticed that it was her mother and she panicked. Duke who was leaning on the wall with his pair of hairy legs in a fine pair of shorts fitted on him with his bare body that could turn any lady on.
Picking up her mothers call, she spoke out asking how she was and whether she had arrived home well and her mother told her not to worry as she was already at the house asking how she was doing as well and Bethany raising her gaze to look at Duke, she told her mother that she was fine.
“The rain is still pouring so much if it continues, it will be better that you stay at the hospital or better still ask Mr. Duke to bring you back home okay?”, she spoke out and Bethany who could not argue with her mom, accepted and told her not to forget to take her drugs.
” Extend my greetings to Rachel and Glenn”.
“I will and Glenn is sitting on my lap sleeping while Rachel is busy playing video games with Bryan”, Mrs. Marvin spoke out letting a laugh. Bethany was happy that the girls were feeling time and all she needed was for them to feel at home.
Holding up her phone in her hands, Bethany only wanted one thing and that was to leave Duke’s presence as she did not know whether she was going to resist him for too long. Lowering her head and letting out a smooth voice, she inquired to know whether he had kept her dresses as she wanted to leave from there.
” Your dresses are in the dryer Bethany”, Duke spoke out as he approached her again. Walking backward, Bethany asked what he wanted from her and he answered immediately saying,
“I want you”
“I do not want you and never will”.
Duke laughed out loud from the sound of it as he could feel the fear that was in her voice, and looking at her closely, he could tell that Bethany did not use to having men come closer to her like that as her gaze was down the whole time.
Turning away from him, she ran to the other side explaining that she needed her dresses as she wanted to go back to the hospital to take care of her friend. Duke walking to the door leading to the balcony, unlocked it, and showing to Bethany how serious the rain outside was, she still insisted that she wanted to leave.
” Don’t be such a stubborn girl it will not help you”, his voice came out like a father who was tired of tolerating his daughter’s childishness.
“I promise not to do anything to you but you just need to loosen up a little I don’t bite you know, I just want to be your friend”, Duke spoke out walking to the wine bar to get himself a glass of drink.
Bethany who had ensured that he was gone, took out her phone to call her friend to ask what she should do faced with such an embarrassing situation but she thought back to the fact that Eva’s phone had perished in the burning house.
Lost as she did not know what to do, she decided to be herself and face the situation that was in front of her.
Duke was back with a glass of juice and some cookies on a plate and handed them over to Bethany, while he went to get his won has of whiskey that he had kept in the bar, and on coming back, he could notice the look on her face, he spoke out,
” You are something else huh?”.
Duke had realized that Bethany was looking at him wondering whether he had put something inside to either poison her or drug her. He took the glass of juice and drinking from it, he showed her that she had nothing to be afraid of.
Bethany sitting down, she took the plate of cookie and the glass of juice and began eating it up.
Watching her eat, Duke was happy knowing that there could be some peace between them.
“When are you going to resume work?”, Duke asked while sipping from his glass and Bethany drinking out the juice from her glass, responded that she did not know. Duke loved the calm person he was having in front of him.
Noticing that Duke was drinking too much, she tried to stop him and he asked her not to bother as he was used to alcohol, asked Bethany whether she cared for a glass.
Bethany saying no and concentrating on her drink, left Duke asking in curiosity whether she does not want to drink or whether she is not used to. Bethany who was being sincere said that she had never tasted alcohol. The words fell out of her mouth and at the hearing of that, could not control his mouth as it gave way and the drink came out.
” You are not serious right?”, he asked laughing out so hard not being able to believe what she had just said. Bethany realizing that she had messed up, thought back to what her friend had told her about not exposing her naiveness to any man as it could only make them run away from her as men do not love shallow girls.
Bethany rose from her seat and walking to where Duke was seated, grabbed the glass of whiskey from his hand and asking him to watch her do it, she took up the glass with no idea on what she was committing, she drank up all of the whiskey and looking at Duke she asked him, will you laugh again, I am stronger than you think and I can do anything I want to at any time.
Duke listening to those words, rose to his feet, and walking closer to her she spoke out,
“You do not need to do all these to prove that you are tough Bethany, because simply looking at you, I can tell that you are a mommy’s girl”, and without knowing Bethany asked him whether that was the reason why he was flirting with different women just because he loves tough women?.
The question came out and Duke felt strange as it had no link with what was going on at that time and also she knew nothing as to the reasons why h was sleeping with several ladies. Turning away from the question, Bethany grabbed him and asking him to face her she asked him the same question again.
Duke lolling at her and at the way she was behaving, he wondered whether the glass of drink that she had taken, was ref reason why she was behaving like that but it was too late as Bethany had already begun misbehaving.
” Why are you looking at me like that?”, Bethany raised a question wondering why he was looking at her at that but Duke who wanted her not to misbehave, took her by the hand while he led her to the chair but Bethany who was already taken by the glass of whiskey asked him whether he wanted to have sex with her.
“I will wish to get you laid but I will do it when you are in your right frame of mind and when you will ask me to yourself”, he let out.
Bethany laughing out told Duke that he did not have to get her drunk just to be able to seduce her to his bed. Duke smiling as he had already noticed that she was not in her right state of mind, took her to the chair and made her sit but Bethany got up again asking what was funny and why he kept on laughing at her.
Duke attempting his biggest to calm her down, told Bethany that she was drunk and that if she did not calm down he was going to kiss her. This made her can from a little bit and she looked at him with so much passion in her eyes, and Duke asked her,
” What is it that you want?”.
Bethany, moving away from him, said that she just wanted to be loved and that she needed to be free from the world that thinks that she could not have a man by herself.
He could feel her pain and walk towards her, he told her that she did not need to prove anything to anyone as she could have any man that she wanted because she is an incredible young woman with a beautiful and sexy body.
Duke could not understand what was going on with him as he was being. gentleman and he could not even explain it. He was in his room with a woman and he could not do anything just because he respects her.
Bethany was not like any other lady he had been with, she was special and conserved, she was hardworking and cared for others and amongst all, she was not a desperate lady that will jump on the first man that she saw.
Duke was ready to be committed and each moment he spent with her, made him realize that there were still good and decent ladies out there.
Bethany who could not stand Duke’s gaze anymore, moved away from him feeling all shy. She asked Duke for another glass of whiskey but he denied telling her not to drink any more as alcohol was not for her but Bethany being stubborn, insisted and Duke had no choice but to listen to her.