Beneath the Lies by Sapna Bhog

Author:Sapna Bhog
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Interracial romance, British Duke Royalty, Rich playboy Billionaire, Romantic mystery thriller, Amnesia Husband Wife Romance
Publisher: Sapna Bhog
Published: 2021-04-30T00:00:00+00:00

Damien

“ANYTHING, MIKE?” I query.

“No, Sir,” he says shutting the final cupboard in the study.

After dropping Aaliya to her room, Mike and I have been searching the house for any possible clues as to who would want me dead. We’ve spent hours searching my bedroom, the storeroom and the study, the most plausible areas in this house where I would have stored anything of value. But there is nothing.

I rub a tired hand across the back of my neck. “Thanks!” I tell him. “It was a long shot anyway.”

I pace the length of the study.

“Fuck! I was living in Edinburgh for five years and yet I didn’t visit here even once. Why? This house is my safe haven, so why would I never visit here?” I pause and turn to Mike. “Jeeves has assured me that no one ever visited. Their salaries and expenses for running the house and the land surrounding it came like clockwork every month, but no one visited.”

Mike stares at me sharply for a second and then he opens his mouth to say something but closes it immediately and looks away from me.

I splay my hand out. “What is it?”

His eyes dart to mine. “Uh, I think we ought to visit your country estate and conduct a search there. And after that, the London mansion.”

“Yes, I’ll schedule that on my agenda as soon as I can,” I say exiting the study to retire to my own room.

Mike bows his head and leaves me at the foot of the stairs.

I lay on my bed, unable to sleep even though I’ve hardly slept in the past two days. My mind whirls thinking about the list of things I have to do and there are too many. I’m already stretched thin between learning the ropes of Annette & Co., running Gamma Inc. and working on the various estates, assets and charitable causes that the Duke of Kittridge is expected to support that there’s been no time for anything else.

My mother overlooked most of the charity work for my father but, now she refuses to participate. It’s her own way of showing me that I need a wife and stressing how Celia would be perfect for the job. Her rebellion is petty and shows how little she knows me. I hate my hand being forced and I’ve never shied from working hard. That is purely the reason why I’ve been so successful with little to no help from my family.

Later in the evening, I step outside my room and look at the shut door of Aaliya’s room. For the first time in months, I’ve experienced such an instant connection to another person. And the more time I spend with her, the more I appreciate how absolutely perfect she is. She’s smart, beautiful, intelligent and perceptive as hell. Something is evolving between us and my soul is screaming at me not to put an end to it before exploring the possibilities. But I have to end it. I have to keep away from her.

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