Total pages in book: 25
Estimated words: 23247 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 116(@200wpm)___ 93(@250wpm)___ 77(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 23247 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 116(@200wpm)___ 93(@250wpm)___ 77(@300wpm)
"You should know that she's likely to be the one behind this article. Lydia and her parents have not stopped spreading rumors about me ever since I canceled our wedding plans. And if it was only me they targeted, I would not have minded. But now that they're spreading lies about you—-"
"This will blow over if we simply ignore it," Betsy insisted.
Lukas' jaw clenched. "You're too damn nice."
Betsy had a hard time not smiling again. "That sounds like a complaint."
"It terrifies me."
She looked at him in surprise. "You're terrified that I'm too nice?"
"There might come a day when you realize that I'm not good enough for you." Just hearing himself say the words out loud had Lukas' chest tightening with pain. It was as if a part of him was ominously convinced that it was only a matter of time before he lost her and David.
"Oh, Lukas..."
His wife reached for his hands this time, and his chest tightened anew when she pressed her lips to his knuckles.
"I love you—-"
"No, Betsy. You only think you love me, and that's the truth."
"Or maybe it's the other way around, and—-" The rest of her words disappeared in his kiss, and even though Betsy knew by now that this was her husband's favorite way of stopping her from saying the words, it was also because she did love him that she couldn't help curling her arms around his neck as she kissed him back.
Lukas carried her to the couch, and Betsy soon found herself straddling his lap. The sound of clothes rustling and being unzipped followed, but her head was soon falling back as her husband slowly impaled her with his throbbing length.
I love you, I love you, I love you.
Her heart whispered the words over and over because that was all she could do for now.
I love you, I love you, I love you.
Her very soul cried the words out as their bodies rocked against each other in a dance as old as time, and it was still the words she wanted to sob out as she started to cum, and she felt Lukas following right behind her with a hoarse groan.
I love you. I love you. I love you.
She thought of the words as she fell asleep in his arms, and the words were still the first thing she thought of when she woke up and found herself on the couch and under the warmth of her husband's jacket.
She hugged it to her as she inhaled his scent.
I love you.
An idea popped into her head as she forced herself up, and she padded barefoot to her husband's desk. This seemed the perfect chance to leave secret messages all over his office, and just imagining how her husband would react already had her heart racing.
Betsy pulled his drawer open, and the first thing she saw was a document that bore his name and Charlotte's. She pulled it out, thinking it would be no different from the contract she had signed with Heart's Match.
But she was wrong.
Because the document she held in her hands was a contract that named him as the agency's first choice to be Betsy's husband...while his first choice for a wife was Charlotte.
And the only reason he had hired Betsy to be his housekeeper for two months was to see if she could change his mind.
Chapter Twenty-One
LUKAS HAD A LONG TALK with David while spending time with his son in the newly built playground next to the rooftop garden of his office building. David had mostly chuckled and laughed in response, but by the time an hour had passed, just staring into the boy's green eyes made him unable to hide from the truth any longer.
I love her.
He had been fighting his feelings from the first day he met Betsy.
I love her.
But this time, he was done denying it.
I love her.
He gave Julie the rest of the day off, and his heart started to pound as he headed back to his office. David had already dozed off, and he could see his employees struggling to hide their smiles at the sight of his sleeping son drooling on his shoulder.
Lukas entered his office and was surprised to find Betsy missing. He checked his phone but she hadn't sent him any messages either. After carefully setting their son down on his travel cot, Lukas checked the en-suite, and it was only when he also found this empty that his chest started to tighten...in fear.
Instinct had him walking to his desk, and Lukas' entire world came crashing down when he saw his drawer open, and the contract he had signed with Charlotte on the carpet.
No. God. No.
It was like having the rug pulled out from under him, and Lukas collapsed in his seat. He knew she would come back. It was only a matter of time before she did. David was still with him, and not even the most cruel of heartbreak would keep Betsy away from her son.