CHAPTER 4 Part 5

"What..." Heat surged through her cheeks.

“You look really adorable when you're flustered,” the duke said.

“What in the world are you talking about?” Alena retorted.

“You’re not very honest, are you?”

She scoffed. “You’re one to talk about honesty, Duke. How about you start by answering my questions?”

“If I do... Are you going to be honest with me too and admit that you’re hopelessly falling in love with your handsome husband at the very first sight?”

Alena’s mouth gaped open due to sheer disbelief. What in the afterlife was wrong with this man? She’d never ever imagined that the fearsome Duke Donovian could actually say things like this!

“Falling in-love? You overestimate yourself, duke,” Alena laughed inaudibly in disbelief. “I wouldn’t even deny if you said I’m in-lust with you, but in-love? You’re being delusional, Duke Donovian.”

The duke's eyes sparkled with an enigmatic glint. "So, you are indeed lusting after me," he nodded slowly, as if confirming an inner thought that mildly pleased him. "That's more than enough for the moment. At least, it confirms we share a mutual... interest. We're moving forward.”

Alena was once again utterly dumbfounded.

"You... perv... wait, aren't you supposed to be into men?"

He pinned her with his gaze and just like that, she felt trapped in the depths of those soul-stealing orbs once again.

“Give me your consent, and I’ll dispel your doubts,” he murmured.

He leaned in, his face inched even closer before as he whispered against her skin. "Just speak the words, and I shall enlighten you."