Betrayal At the Altar by Dolores Delia

Chapter 742

Shifting her gaze slightly, Rachel caught a glimpse of a black shirt from the corner of her eye.

One second later, her senses were assaulted by a crisp, wooden fragrance. Her back was pressed tightly against a man’s firm, warm chest.

“Are your injuries better?” Rachel shied away, afraid to get too close because of the wound on his chest.

David wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into his embrace. He bent down slightly and whispered, “Of course they are. Haven’t I proved it to you yesterday night?”

Rachel Grey was speechless.

His low, suggestive tone reminded her instantly of their indulgence last night.

Her fair cheeks flushed involuntarily.

She suddenly became uncomfortably aware of his warm chest and the heat of his breath against her face. Feeling awkward, she tried squirming her way out of his grasp.

David accommodated her cheerfully. He loosened his grip on her waist slightly and wrapped his broad palm around her cold hand. “It’s getting late. Let’s go back to our room and rest early.”

It was a perfectly ordinary sentence, but after how they indulged each other last night, it sounded like another disguised invitation to Rachel.

Her legs felt a little sore. She cleared her throat and replied calmly, “I’m not sleepy yet. Why don’t you go back to our room and rest first?”

“Are you really not tired, or trying to avoid me deliberately?” David saw through her immediately. He bent down and picked Rachel Grey up bridal style. “I promise I won’t do anything else tonight.”

Ever since she realized that ‘one last time’ meant nothing to David, Rachel no longer believed every word he said.

Seeing that she was struggling to escape, David’s expression became more serious. “Don’t move. Be careful not to hurt my wound.”

Hearing this, Rachel shot him a look that was filled with a mixture of amusement and resentment.

her eyes. “Only now do you think about

walked towards

hour later, Rachel was laying in David’s arms again.

she was worried about the incident with Georgia. Patiently, he explained, “Georgia is not

at the man laying so close to her.

to worry about

Walker family would never speak up for an illegitimate daughter born to a concubine.

could separate right from wrong. He knew what he had to

would be biased toward his sister in any way.

concubines?” Rachel could not help but chuckle. “Does the Landon

grin on her face couldn’t help but fade a little. “You can’t

families also follow that tradition,” David said. “Aureliana has a small population, and each family is involved in many industries. Therefore, having several wives is still allowed here. Why do

hard with her fingertips and complained in a low voice, “It’s just an excuse for you men to satisfy your

same brush.” David took her hand and pulled her into his arms. He held her slender waist tightly. “They are them, and I

words, Rachel pretended not to. She raised her eyebrows slightly and asked

of the Jones family’s mistress is reserved for you alone.”

she was entitled to that position. However, nobody else deserved

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if the Jones family had chosen her for the

were filled with a faint smile. “David, I only agreed to your

agree to my proposal, you’ll belong to me sooner or

and kissed her

lips touched, it was as if Pandora’s blind box had been opened. Everything else happened

mood was very different somewhere else. When Jennifer heard that Georgia had been expelled from the upper-class circles, disbelief appeared

around like a shadow. It would be a lie to say that

her Clifford family upbringing meant reservedness was

mistress of the Clifford family. Being jealous of another girl would not do, as it