Page 111 of Ravished By the Beastly Duke

Eveline felt the pain in her heart grow tenfold. He looked troubled, as though he were hurting, and for a moment, she remembered the man she had married, the man she had fun with.

However, she reminded herself that the man she had fallen in love with had never existed. In his place was this cruel man, who had shattered her heart into tiny bits.

“Eveline, I know I have wronged you. If I could take back my words, I would.”

Eveline shook her head as her tears finally began to fall. “I cannot believe I’ve ever loved you,” she said bitterly.

“Do not say that yet.”

“I was indeed a fool to have thought that you even cared about me.”

“Do not say that,” William begged. “You are not a fool.Iam the fool.”

“And I am an even bigger fool because even now, as I walked out of the door, I still could not bring myself to hate you. I hate myself for still loving you.”

Eveline wiped her tears with the back of her hand as a sob racked her body. She had never been so torn, and she had never felt so awful about herself. She hated that she was not able to keep her composure in front of him.

“I know that I am not good enough for you, yet you did not have to deceive me by pretending that you cared for me.” Her chest heaved uncontrollably.

“How could you possibly think that, Eveline?” William asked, hugging her.

Eveline knew she should shake him off and pull away from him, and yet she could not bring herself to do it.

She had missed him terribly. She had missed being held in his arms while she breathed in his scent.

“You are too good for me,” he said.

“Do not lie to me again,” she muttered.

“I will do anything, endure any punishment, just to show you that I am sorry, just for you to forgive me and come back home.”

His words angered her, and she finally pushed him off her.

“I would be a fool to forgive you. Why would I ever forgive you, when I know that after only a while, you will only tell me you do not have feelings for me?”

“Eveline, I promise you, it will never happen again.”

Eveline wanted to believe him—she desperately wanted to. However, she knew that she would only get hurt again if she did.

“Why should I forgive you?”

“Because I love you!” William shouted.

Eveline was stunned. Not in her wildest dreams did she ever expect that William would profess his love to her, and certainly not under these circumstances.

“I love you, Eveline,” he repeated, taking her hands in his. “I love you so much that it scares me.”

Eveline could not believe her ears.

“I have fought in battles, and yet nothing scares me as much as the thought of losing you, Eveline. It is the reason I pushed you away. I could not live with the knowledge that I might lose you someday.”

“Oh, William,” Eveline breathed as she threw her arms around him. Her heart soared with joy.

“These few days without you made me realize that being away from you was worse than death. I could not live another moment with you,” he continued.

Eveline smiled. “I shall be your wife and go home with you only if we have a honeymoon.”

She watched as her husband’s eyes widened with pleasant surprise, and that surprise quickly turned into joy.

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