here.”
Something in the older man’s tone revealed there was much he wasn’t saying. Luciano nodded and knew he had to leave. He couldn’t stay and he had to be gone before the Starling women arrived home, especially…
“I’m going to miss her.” He didn’t mean to come across so sad, he had become soft; sadness was a sign of weakness.
Albert shook his head, he obviously didn’t understand. “Miss who? You’re going home.”
He fought the strange tightness across his chest then inhaled a breath in and exhaled with slow precision. Saying her name was more than difficult, admitting silently, the brunette angel had become his world.
“Tell me Luc, who are you going to miss?”
He looked Albert straight in the eye and knew that his spoiled party ways of youth were gone. It was time to grow up. “Chloe.”
Pain stared back at him in Albert’s sympathetic gaze, his lashes fluttered and he looked away. “You are everything to her; she obviously loves you if her kiss broke the spell. This is going to be a difficult time.”
“You can’t tell her the truth Albert.” He hung his head. “I was a very spoiled young man. My father would question my integrity where your daughter is concerned.”
“ Luc, she adores you and if her kiss…” The hurt in the man’s expression was nothing compared to the ache Luc’s soul endured. “Oh dear.”
“ She’s sixteen and though I have never played the situation anything than above board, my dad would question things due to my once upon a time, womanizing ways.”
The Starling patriarch, his friend and business colleague of his father’s , shook his head. “I know with Chloe things were different.”
“She kept me going and is the most incredible young lady I’ve ever met. Believe me. I’ve known my fair share of them.” For the first time in his life, he had found love and had now lost it. He was never going to recover. His mind raced, if Chloe broke the spell Ramona had placed on him that only meant one thing.
Chloe loves me unconditionally.
He remembered the fateful night and the wicked witch’s curse. His heart stopped beating. True love , not only unconditional love, but the kiss of true love.
Oh hell, she not only loves me, but she’s in love with me.
It was at that moment his heart broke and his soul shattered as he realized the situation, the consequences of what had evolved and became a man.
I love her, but oh dear God, I’m in love with her too…
Chapter 5
Chloe walked into the quiet house just after midnight.
Oh dear. It’s quarter after midnight. Both Dad and Luc are going to be mad since I am past curfew.
She ascended the stairs and strolled down the hall past her sisters’ bedrooms and toward her father’s office . Best to deal with father first since she wanted to tell Luc about her day and knew he would be royally pissed over the fact she had stayed out so late and past curfew. Oddly, enough she’d missed Luc and had no clue as to why.
Maybe the reason was as simple as the fact she rarely went anywhere. She stayed home, read, and certainly didn’t go on dates or party like Stella and Georgina. Only during her date with Scott at the concert and even while at the mall, she’d wished Luc had been there. She especially wanted the Luc who’d been in her dream. The man that had protected her had been positively…well…dreamy. She had little doubt if what Luc said to be true and he’d been human, then he looked like the guy ready to battle the dragon, right down to the…
Her gaze fell on the hall clock and her mind shifted to her dad. She knew all too well what kind of lecture her father had waiting for her since she had overheard the arguments with her parents and wicked siblings on the worries of parents when children don’t arrive home on time. Thankful tonight the only one awake being her father, she could avoid her mother’s dramatics on the crazy people out there wanting to prey on
Something in the older man’s tone revealed there was much he wasn’t saying. Luciano nodded and knew he had to leave. He couldn’t stay and he had to be gone before the Starling women arrived home, especially…
“I’m going to miss her.” He didn’t mean to come across so sad, he had become soft; sadness was a sign of weakness.
Albert shook his head, he obviously didn’t understand. “Miss who? You’re going home.”
He fought the strange tightness across his chest then inhaled a breath in and exhaled with slow precision. Saying her name was more than difficult, admitting silently, the brunette angel had become his world.
“Tell me Luc, who are you going to miss?”
He looked Albert straight in the eye and knew that his spoiled party ways of youth were gone. It was time to grow up. “Chloe.”
Pain stared back at him in Albert’s sympathetic gaze, his lashes fluttered and he looked away. “You are everything to her; she obviously loves you if her kiss broke the spell. This is going to be a difficult time.”
“You can’t tell her the truth Albert.” He hung his head. “I was a very spoiled young man. My father would question my integrity where your daughter is concerned.”
“ Luc, she adores you and if her kiss…” The hurt in the man’s expression was nothing compared to the ache Luc’s soul endured. “Oh dear.”
“ She’s sixteen and though I have never played the situation anything than above board, my dad would question things due to my once upon a time, womanizing ways.”
The Starling patriarch, his friend and business colleague of his father’s , shook his head. “I know with Chloe things were different.”
“She kept me going and is the most incredible young lady I’ve ever met. Believe me. I’ve known my fair share of them.” For the first time in his life, he had found love and had now lost it. He was never going to recover. His mind raced, if Chloe broke the spell Ramona had placed on him that only meant one thing.
Chloe loves me unconditionally.
He remembered the fateful night and the wicked witch’s curse. His heart stopped beating. True love , not only unconditional love, but the kiss of true love.
Oh hell, she not only loves me, but she’s in love with me.
It was at that moment his heart broke and his soul shattered as he realized the situation, the consequences of what had evolved and became a man.
I love her, but oh dear God, I’m in love with her too…
Chapter 5
Chloe walked into the quiet house just after midnight.
Oh dear. It’s quarter after midnight. Both Dad and Luc are going to be mad since I am past curfew.
She ascended the stairs and strolled down the hall past her sisters’ bedrooms and toward her father’s office . Best to deal with father first since she wanted to tell Luc about her day and knew he would be royally pissed over the fact she had stayed out so late and past curfew. Oddly, enough she’d missed Luc and had no clue as to why.
Maybe the reason was as simple as the fact she rarely went anywhere. She stayed home, read, and certainly didn’t go on dates or party like Stella and Georgina. Only during her date with Scott at the concert and even while at the mall, she’d wished Luc had been there. She especially wanted the Luc who’d been in her dream. The man that had protected her had been positively…well…dreamy. She had little doubt if what Luc said to be true and he’d been human, then he looked like the guy ready to battle the dragon, right down to the…
Her gaze fell on the hall clock and her mind shifted to her dad. She knew all too well what kind of lecture her father had waiting for her since she had overheard the arguments with her parents and wicked siblings on the worries of parents when children don’t arrive home on time. Thankful tonight the only one awake being her father, she could avoid her mother’s dramatics on the crazy people out there wanting to prey on
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