Complicated Desire

sion quite late, as I was s

I got dressed in a simple red dinner gown, br

nt my black handbag. No makeup as usual, ju

as I expected. They entertai

o this welcome party alongside me wa

were all having dinner and were give

Richard, Alexander's brother who had just arrived, we

everyone seated and caught a young lady wit

she might have against me. She must be the so-called

a pain in my ass, and I would do anything to

meal without looking at anyone. His m

d, who sat beside me and wh

m and magnetic voice I have ever heard echoed through the room, se

me in this grand manner means a lot to me, and I especially want

I had goosebumps all over. I looked up

handsome gentleman I had ever seen, and for the first

t, whispering something in my ear just as this demigod batte

I swallowed hard and sat in a more composed manner.

nstructed we meet him in

hy that I couldn't raise my hea

ard'

less of how beautiful she may be. But this feels differe

lm. My inner man couldn't resist those ey

st when she and an older man, who seemed to be her

until after the toast? While she walked away, my eye

exa

p I'm about to take is making me feel embarrassed and ashamed of myse

or everything I had made her go through. But on second thought,

in the garden, and my da

on behalf of my son Alexander, who was the perpetrator of the

my sake, you bo

y dad said harshly, giving

both forgive me," I s

lexander just apologized to me. I felt so

apology wouldn't fix the humiliation he

me to live a comfortable life in my mansion, and she will be offe

m sorry, sir, but I can't," I sai

r some time to think i

hrough because I would never cop

ek to think it through. I