To Serve by Lexy Timms

Author:Lexy Timms
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, contemporary romance, crime romance, bully romance dark romance, billionaire romance, new adult romance, sexy hero, hot and steamy, fake girlfriend, romance, ageless romance, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary FICTION / Romance / New Adult FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy F, sexy, hired wife, coming of age romance, bully romance college, mafia, Cruise ship romance, contemporary romance and sex, romance love, billionaire obsession, sport romance, happily ever after, sweet love story, romance love triangle, romance billionaire series, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, holiday, holiday romance, billionaire, true love, love and life, bilionaire romance, dark romance, romantic comedy, saga, women's saga, workplace romance, BBW, bad boy, Alpha Bad Boy, Alpha male romance, new adult, big beautiful women, women's fiction
Publisher: Dark Shadow Publishing
Published: 2020-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

“LAST NIGHT’S DINNER was a smashing success.” Her father set aside his newspaper and reached for his mobile phone.

Evie stared down at the croissant she had been tearing up. Last night with Nicholas had left such a bad aftertaste that she had no appetite for breakfast. No appetite, but her heart practically jumped at her father’s rare show of approval. “Yes. Everything went well.” Of course, he would never thank the servants for their hard work during last night’s dinner.

Her father snapped his fingers at a nearby footman and motioned to the butter that lay no further than a foot away on the dining table. The butter was close enough to reach, yet he wanted someone else to fetch it for him. “And where is that beau of yours?”

“He’s out playing tennis,” she replied.

Though her family often ate breakfast in one of the morning rooms, her father had insisted on having a celebratory breakfast in the dining room. However, with Nicholas and his stepfather playing tennis, and both their mothers getting their beauty rest, it was just her and her father eating breakfast this morning.

Part of her was relieved at Nicholas’ absence. For the first time since the dinner, Evie felt like she could breathe. His presence had been so stifling last night. All of it ending with a kiss that had left her feeling hollow.

Evie had kissed Nicholas many times, but before he had started to show his true colors at the manor she had found his kisses satisfying enough. Now that she had seen his viciousness up close, she would rather not have to kiss him again. A huge problem to have with the man she was supposed to marry.

Not to mention, despite several months of courtship, she and Nicholas had never actually consummated their relationship. Sex had been taken off the table at the duke’s insistence. He wanted them to wait until their wedding night the way couples were expected to in the old days. Nicholas had assured her that waiting would make her more likely to get pregnant. She had thought it rather romantic at the time, but now Evie felt relief. And dread. Because eventually their wedding night would come and she would have to do the deed. With a man she was starting to resent.

“Ah. Well, it’s good for a chap to get his exercise,” her father said as the footman lay the butter out in front of him. “Clears the mind.”

“Yes,” Evie said blandly.

“Speaking of athletics, your mother suggested we begin preparing for the manor’s next event,” her father said.

“The annual boat race,” she murmured. With Smythe River so close by, her family had sponsored the nearby town’s boat race every year since the early nineteenth century.

The sound of approaching footsteps distracted her from their conversation and she saw Alistair striding up to them. Her heart began to pound at the sight of him. There was an understated masculine grace to the way he walked. With forceful precision. In his role as a butler, everything about him seemed carefully honed.

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