Charming the Runaway Duke by Dallen Maggie

Author:Dallen, Maggie
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2019-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Amelia’s heart thudded against her ribcage as she fled up the stairs and to her room, slamming the door closed behind her as if she were being chased.

She wasn’t; she knew that. Despite her abrupt departure, she hadn’t been afraid with Mr. Greenwald. Not once. Not even when he’d kissed her.

Her hand still covered her lips, as though she could hold onto the sensation for the rest of her life. If only she could…

Shutting her eyes she let her head drop back against the door as she forced herself to slow her breathing. In, out. Deep breathing had never been so ineffective.

Her heart still pounded like she’d been running, and it ached like she was in mourning.

Absurd. She scolded herself for the overreaction, and yet that did nothing to stop her heart from attempting to race away from her once more as her mind skipped from memory to memory of the last few minutes as though trying to catalogue each and every detail—every look in his eyes, every heated touch through her clothes, and the feel of her very first kiss.

So wrong and yet so perfect.

She finally dropped her hand as a long sigh escaped. She had not meant for it to happen but she could not feel regret. If for the rest of her life she was bound to only kiss one man, at least she would have that memory, brief though it might be.

But at least she’d have the memory of being kissed by someone who actually thought she was beautiful. Perfect, even. A smile tugged at her lips and helped to make the pain bittersweet as she let herself revel in his words.

He thought she was beautiful, and kind, and funny, and…oh, how she loved the way she’d looked through his eyes. For a minute there it had been too easy to forget that it was forbidden because it had seemed so right.

Being alone with him, holding his hands…kissing him. It had seemed so fantastically right. Like she’d come home.

Stupid. So daft. She banged her head lightly against the door. This was what she got for reading so many fanciful romances, she supposed. Her silly heart had leapt for the first man to say sweet words. That was all it was. An infatuation because she’d finally met a man who saw her first and not her cousin. A man who hadn’t seemed to notice anyone else in the room all evening long…just her.

She clutched a hand to her heart as it squeezed painfully at the memory—so achingly sweet.

Yes, that must have been it. She’d just been flattered by the attention, that was all.

Liar.

She tried to block out the voice that mocked her with little success. She wasn’t sure whether to be angry or elated that Mr. Greenwald had said all that he’d said or done what he’d done.

It was wrong, obviously. Inappropriate, of that there was no doubt. And yet… now she knew how it felt to be seen and heard and wanted. Not because of her title or her wealth, but because of who she was.

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