Drunk and Daring I Kissed a Tycoon

Chapter 10

There was another long silence on the other end of the line before Luke finally spoke. "Earlier today was an accident. I didn't mean—"

"Save it." Vespera cut him off. Just hearing his voice made her stomach churn. "Intentional or not, it doesn't change the fact that you laid your hands on me."

"Fine, fine, it's my fault. It's all my fault. Just tell me where you are. I need to know right now!"

"I already told you—I'll come back."

"You better be home tonight. If you're not, I'll tear through all of Halewick to find you!" His patience was slipping, his voice laced with barely contained fury.

Vespera finally relented, saying she would be home in an hour.

She knew he would do it. If he went mad with rage, he would find a way to track her down, and she wasn't about to expose her new place.

On the way back, Rebecca drove her. "This bastard has done so many awful things to you, yet he still acts like a king. His temper, his insane need for control... Vera, if he finds out you tricked him into signing the divorce agreement, I'm genuinely afraid he'll choke you to death."

Vespera gazed at the sea of city lights in the distance, her tone light and teasing. "Looks like I should keep some arsenic on hand. If he tries, I'll make sure I get him first."

When she stepped into the villa, Luke was already there, striding toward her with quick, forceful steps. His face was tight with worry, but beneath it, a simmering frustration was unmistakable.

She barely spared him a glance as she changed into her slippers and walked further inside. The moment she bent slightly, a sharp pain flared in her waist, making her brows knit together.

Luke reached out instinctively to support her.

"Don't touch me!" Vespera recoiled in disgust as if his touch was something filthy. She would rather aggravate her injury than let him lay a hand on her.

Luke's expression darkened.

He withdrew his hand, silently following her inside. As they walked, he pulled out his phone and held it out to her. "I installed surveillance cameras in my office. You can check them anytime. What happened today won't happen again."

Vespera blinked. That was unexpected. She had assumed he would brush things off like always.

Her gaze flickered to the screen before she gave a slow, knowing smirk. "Afraid I'll catch you off guard again? Or just worried your sugar baby might embarrass herself next time?"

Luke stiffened. "There's nothing between me and Tina...

"Fine, I admit it. I do think she's fun and cute, but that's it. I see her as a sister. She's here because my father asked me to teach her a few things.

Group next week. The Sowle family made a simple request, and I

What a well-crafted excuse.

the sake of the company-so it was only natural to indulge

when he

Vespera's eyes as she stared at him, unmoving. After a brief pause,

she say you spent plenty of nights together? A brother sharing a bed with his sister—that's

a spoiled woman who talks

like about her? How fun and cute she

sarcasm in her voice, but he only sighed. "Anyway, there's nothing between me

you can focus

at him, her lips slowly curling into a

She understood now.

always be hers-as long as she kept turning a blind eye to his wandering heart. As long as she played the perfect wife, he could do as he pleased, and indulge his reckless desires, and she

obligated

around with Tina, going on vacations, sleeping

to pick up the fragments, bear his children, and stay by his

was incredibly cruel and

"Darling, I love you."

her face, Luke thought the storm had passed. He pulled her into his arms, holding her tight as if he was truly afraid of losing

was warm, but her heart had already turned

nature,

called the family doctor, Lionel Page, to check on her injury. It wasn't serious-there was no damage to the bone-and only then

and Luke followed. "I'll

"No need."

the same hands he had used on another woman, she would make sure his morning coffee had

tell she was still resisting his touch. It annoyed him,

outside. If you need anything, just call

She nodded and

she was in unbearable pain, she would

door. The faint scent of her shampoo filled the air as she passed him, her skin flushed and warm from the

bare shoulders and delicate collarbones gleamed under the light, and the way her waist curved as she moved made his

eyes burned with

ready to sleep. Noticing the look in his eyes, she said, "My waist hurts. If you're thinking of

wrapped his arms around her from behind, pressing a kiss to her shoulder, leaving her no space to escape. "I'll