Addicted to the Duke
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He escorted her to the door that linked his master suite to her rooms. He always gave her the rooms connecting with his wherever they stayed. He never tried to hide her away or make her ashamed of the fact they were lovers.
He pressed a brief kiss to her lips and then pushed her through the door into her room, saying, “I’ll be in the study when you are ready. Collect me on the way to the drawing room. We shall greet our guests together. I promise I’ll be out of my sulk by then.” He hesitated before saying, “Rose, I am truly grateful for you agreeing to come all the way to Scotland to be with me for these weeks. I truly have missed you.”
As she closed the door between their rooms and called for her maid, she inwardly smiled. His words were why she stayed with him. Why she stayed with him while hoping for more. He had always owned a piece of her heart, and in moments like this he made her feel the most special woman in the world.
He had never said he loved her, but then she never spoke of love either, but often his actions spoke louder than any words could. He treated her better than many men treated their wives or mistresses.
Slipping into the soothing heated water, she wished she were not such a coward. She wished she could tell him what was in her heart, but her years of being on the other end of this conversation had taught her the signs. Philip didn’t want her love.
He enjoyed her company, her intelligence, her beauty, and they were infinitely compatible in bed. But he did not want more.
Like her, one day he would have to marry. He was an earl, for goodness’ sake. As she lay alone in her tub, all she hoped was that when that day came, either he picked her, or by then her heart would have built a strong, impenetrable fortress around itself, or her world would crumble to dust.
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