The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 490 A Calculated Move

The more Marilyn looked at Victor, the more she felt she had struck gold.

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But as she secretly admired him, Victor’s eyes swept over her in turn–and disappointment struck him. hard.

It wasn’t her looks. By most standards, Marilyn was beautiful, the sort of woman wealthy men would be willing to keep.

What repelled him was the sharp calculation in her gaze.

Last night, drugged and burning, he had lost himself in a stranger’s arms. He hadn’t seen her face, but her presence–her body–had drawn him in. Even after the haze should have cleared, he hadn’t been able to stop. He had thought that whoever she was, she must at least feel… right.

But Marilyn didn’t. Not at all.

“Victor, I…”

She knew making him believe she was the woman from last night was only the first step. To secure her position in the Luke family, she would need his child.

Her face tilted up, feigning softness as she pressed against him, her pale hand circling over his chest in slow, suggestive strokes.

“Don’t touch me.”

rejection was immediate and sharp. He flung her hand away with enough force to send her tumbling off the

Marilyn froze, stunned.

rose, scorching through

Adeline five times at least last night, unable to stop himself. And yet when she so much as laid a hand on him, he cast her aside like

her? Why

burned, but she swallowed it back. She knew too well that men didn’t want hysterics; they wanted softness. So she bit down on

“I…”

meanwhile, was unsettled

last night. He had been consumed by that woman’s body, by something about

Marilyn’s

he’d only, been under the influence, that the drugs had overridden his revulsion

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sober, he was simply reverting to the

he

woman last night. He had vowed to take responsibility. Even if he could never feel desire for her again, he would not abandon that