Steal a King: A Billionaire Romance (Five Kings Book 3) by Stella Andrews

Author:Stella Andrews [Andrews, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Ella

I am so angry. That man was a pig and Lucas just sat there unconcerned and unemotional. Those men are pigs and the whole world’s a pig, and if I’ve learned anything today, it’s that I hate them all.

I grit my teeth as the kettle boils and briefly consider taking the elevator and heading home. I’m pretty certain no one would stop me, but there is something keeping me here and I hate myself for my weakness. It’s him, Lucas, the man who has ruined me and carried on with his day. I hate myself for my weakness because I’m not strong enough to do something I must. Leave.

Dixie finds me pacing the small kitchen and the sympathy in her eyes causes the tears to enter mine and to my surprise she steps forward and pulls me in for a hug.

“It’s ok, honey, let it all out.”

For a moment I’m tempted because this small act of kindness is going a long way right now but I just take some long, deep breaths and say sadly, “How do you deal with this? Those men, Lucas, the power play and dirty talking?”

“And there I was thinking this was quite an easy day.”

She laughs softly and I shake my head. “These men are, well, disgusting. Do you know what that…”

“Which one?”

She rolls her eyes and I sigh. “That Damien guy is seriously disgusting. Do I really have to go back in there?”

“Probably, but I’m guessing he’s left already. Lucas will have dispatched him quickly enough. He’s on a deadline, after all.”

At the mention of Lucas, my face must fall and Dixie sighs. “Don’t think badly of him, honey, he’s actually one of the good guys, he just forgets that sometimes.”

“I can’t work him out, Dixie. One minute he’s fun to be around, kind, good company and a man that interests me, the next he’s cold, rude and a bastard really.”

Dixie nods. “He has to be. Listen, I’ve worked with him long enough to know most of it’s a front. It’s what makes him so successful. He needs to be cold, a bastard, and it kind of goes with the job. Give him time because I’m guessing he’s in new territory right now and is probably struggling to deal with that.”

“In what way?”

“You. He’s never spent longer than two hours with any woman to my knowledge in the past. If he uses them to escort him to functions, he does everything he can not to have an actual conversation with them. If he uses them for sex, they spend time in his bed and are then sent on their way. He has never taken a woman to his apartment before, let alone had them to stay. He’s in a different place with you and we had hoped…”

“What?”

“That you would be the one he needs; to be the person we are rooting for, the woman who will crack the shell he lives behind because Lucas is drowning in the past and there is nobody around to save him.

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