Chapter 1
Duke Miguel Legazpi is a ruthless businessman and one of the country's most well-known individuals. He is powerful, intelligent, and handsome CEO of Legazpi Fashion Threads Corporation. He was kind to everyone but he changed and became cruel when the incident happened five years ago.
He envy Mr. Valentine and his daughter for pursuing the contract marriage that leads to his girlfriend to end her life. He promised to Betty to avenge her death and made Mr. Valentine’s daughter suffer in his arms after all her father died due to his age. He heard that his daughter is very interested in marrying to him so he planned to hurt her by marrying another women.
“You’re drinking again, Duke?” Leandro stated seeing his friend in his owned bar drowning himself with alcoholic beverages. Duke ignores his presence as if he didn’t heard his friend and continues drinking a glass of alcohol.
“I thought you had plans,” Leandro spoke again and took the glass away from him making Duke to look at him.
“It’s none of your business, dude. Leave me alone here,” he irritably orders him. Duke placed the glass on the table when he saw a stunning woman again that caught his attention. A lady wearing a black leather jacket with a sleeveless on it showing her curved waist paired into a fitted black jeans, her hair shiny long black hair was tied up and she has an angelic face with a combination of wild look. He’s been seeing her here for many times but he didn’t have the courage to talk to her but he noticed one thing to her, she looks frustrated and desperate.
He pushes his friend lightly as he stood, “dude, you are blocking my way,” he says and made his way.
“Wait, where are you going?” Leandro’s eyes followed his move and saw Duke walking to a beautiful lady.
“Hi, miss beautiful!” He greets but the woman ignored him and look away as she drinks her wine. He sat next to her seat and continues. “Did anyone told you that you stand-out among the woman in here?”
The woman put the wine glass on the table and turns to him, she is looking directly into his chocolate brown eyes and smiled sexily, “I know that! You don’t need to tell it to me,” she proudly stated.
Duke quickly placed his arm around her back and pulls her closer to him; She raised her head wherein he smelled her addictive perfume on her neck that made him want to kiss her. He moves his lips closer to her neck and planning to kiss her but before he could even do that she pushes him away.
“Val!” the woman turns to the person calling her name, she rose to her feet and left him.
“Val… Val… Her name is Val. What a common name? But her feature is too unique,” he gently mentioned as he was watching her talk to her friend.
“So Val! Who’s that handsome man sticking with you just now?!” Cassandra giggles while looking in Duke’s direction.
Valerie Valdez is the daughter of a well-known businessman, she is beautiful, sexy, tall, morena and live like a princess who once lived in a castle. She loves spending money in buying expensive bags, clothes, shoes and anything she’d like to have in her life but she changed when her family business get bankrupt. She sell some of her collection and moves in a smaller condominium in BGC.
“I don’t know who he is! He suddenly showed up in front of me and say random things,” she sounded annoyed at him.
“Oh my God, Val! Turn around, he’s coming over you,” Cassandra observed as she held her friend’s arm and shakes it.
“I am not interested at him, I have a big problem I have to face than to focus on that man” she replied with a poker face.
“Excuse me, miss. Mind if I borrow your friend for a moment,” Duke asked Val’s friend. Cassandra blinks her eyes because of his jaw dropping look, she looks like being under a spell as she nodded at him.
“Wait! Where are you going?!” Val shouted to Cass when she turned her back but she simply waves her hand and left without saying a word.
“Hi! I’m Duke Miguel Legazpi,” he offered his hand for a handshake. He knew she know her because his face is all over the television and in magazines.
Val glance at his hand and turns her sight to his face, “am I asking your name?” she hissed and grab the wine glass.
Duke grab the magazine on the table and showed it to Valerie, “I am the man in this magazine,” he proudly announced to her. Val looked at the magazine he is holding and read the caption sarcastically, “the richest man in the country…” She smirk and stated, “Congratulations! But you look more handsome in that cover than in personal,” she mocked him, she stands and slightly pushes him away. “Please excuse me,” she told him and tries to pass by him but he grab her waist.
Her face turns crimson as she felt the warmth of his hand on her belly, “what do you want?” she growled.
He moves his lips closer to his ears, “I want you,” she heard his velvet voice and felt his soft lips touching the part of her ears that makes her shiver down to her spine which cause her to shut her eyes and swallowed as she bit her lower lip.
“No! Val! Wake up!” her mind woke her up, she immediately opened her eyes before he could even kiss her on her neck. Valerie unclasped his arm around her body, “I’m sorry, sir but I am not a call girl and I am not interested to you.
Duke saw other men laughing at him, Valerie hurt his ego in front of many people which made him feel annoyed, “do you think I am interested to you that much? I can forget you in just a second!” he rant.
Valerie paused and turned to him; she is looking intensely into his eyes, “do you think you can easily forget me?” Valerie wrapped her arms around his neck and pushed her face closer to his face as their lips met. Val and Duke felt a different sensation as they kissed and conquered each other lips, their eyes automatically shut and they enjoyed the warmth of their kisses as if the world stopped from moving.
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