Chapter 681 You Are Mine Only (Part One)
The next morning Rachel turned up at Leng Group, dressed enticingly and with delicate make-up. She
walked in with confidence, still surprised at the size of Leng Group. She regretted leaving Duke years
ago. Instead of Belinda, it was she who could have been Mrs. Leng.
Rachel always got what she wanted. She was convinced that she would win Duke over in the end.
Seeing the way Belinda dressed, Rachel thought she was no more than an ordinary clerk. She didn''t
consider Belinda to be a threat. As a graduate from a prestigious university, Rachel had once worked
for a sessfulpany as a senior executive. She was certain that inparison to Belinda, she
would make a much better assistant to Duke.
She looked at the exclusive elevator for the CEO with greed, and imagined that one day she would be
the one riding on it. Before she knew it, she was moving toward it. She was about to walk into the
elevator when a guard stopped her. "Excuse me, Miss. This elevator is for the CEO only. Please take
another one." It was a weekend. During busy times employees were asked to work on weekends as
well. The guard wasn''t surprised to see Rachel in the office building. Even the CEO had gotten to the
office much earlier.
"Oh! Thank you, I didn''t notice." Rachel humbly thanked the guard for reminding her, but she cursed
him mentally. When she became the CEO''s wife, she would sack the guard first. The day before, she
had gotten the information that Duke would be in office on the weekend. So she hade too.
Rachel didn''t mind that he was married. He could get a divorce, which was verymon these days.
She would do everything in her power to get Duke back.
Although smaller than FX International, Leng Group was a well-known enterprise that ranked among
the top three in the city. The building had avish decor.
Rachel took another elevator and arrived on the top floor where Duke''s office was located. Realizing
that he had been avoiding her, she racked her brains on how to get to him. Eventually she managed to
get into the Sales department of Leng Group. However, in such a bigpany, it was not easy to meet
the top management. She had been recruited for a week, but she hadn''t seen Duke even once so far.
A rare opportunity hade up yesterday, but it was soon ruined by Belinda. She wouldn''t miss
another chance.
Duke hade to office to work on an important decision. Belinda wasn''t feeling well and slept badly
at night. She had fallen asleep in the morning. When Duke left for work, she was still sound asleep.
Like Edward, Duke preferred silence at work. His office was a long way from the secretary''s. When he
worked on weekends, he preferred to be alone. His assistants didn''t disturb him unless there was a
meeting. So when he heard the sharp knock on his office door, he was puzzled.
"Come in," he said, as he analyzed the ns on hisputer. Rachel walked in and saw him focused
on work. She gazed at him, caught in his charm. Men who worked hard were remarkably attractive. It
was true.
"It''s you. Why are you here?" Realizing that the person who hade in wasn''t speaking, Duke looked
up. He saw Rachel and stared at her grimly.
"I heard you would be working today, so I came to assist you. We can work together and finish earlier."
Rachel smiled and walked closer. Duke was bing an increasingly breathtaking man in her eyes.
And she was bing increasingly obsessed.
"Rachel, are you always this self-absorbed?" Duke regarded her disdainfully. Belinda had a huge
misunderstanding that there was something going on between him and Rachel, and now thetter was
in his office. If Belinda knew about this, it would get harder for him to exin himself. He wondered
what Rachel wanted from him.
"I don''t understand what you mean." Duke looked mature and stately. She stared at him with desire.
She wished she could reverse time and go back to the day she had dumped him. But that wasn''t
possible. She wanted him back and it wouldn''t be easy. She was determined to beat the odds.
"You do. You just don''t want to ept the truth. Don''t argue with me. I know what kind of woman you
are." Duke didn''t like vain women. Rachel was one of them. Now that he was married, he wanted
nothing to do with her.
"Since you know me so well, you should know that I love you very much. I came back for you,"
Rachel''s voice trembled. She had put on a good act, but Duke wasn''t falling for her tricks. What she
was doing disgusted him.
"Hah! For me? You want me to believe you are capable of sacrificing for another person? That''s
hrious! Everything you do, you do it for yourself. You''re like a ck widow, and your love is nothing
but a load of crap. Save it for someone else. You sicken me," Duke mocked her. He wanted to get her
canned immediately, but Belinda had told him she didn''t want Rachel to be fired. She wanted to see
how things would go with Rachel in thepany. Unfortunately, that meant Duke had to put up with
her for longer.
"Duke, I was forced to leave you. I''m not from a rich family and I have to listen to my parents. These
years have been hard for me. But my love for you has never changed." Tears streamed down Rachel''s
cheeks. The old Duke would have softened upon seeing them, but things were different now. The old
Duke didn''t exist anymore. There was only the new Duke - whose heart was as cold as ice, especially
in the presence of people he didn''t care about.
"Rachel, you''re a hypocrite. Don''t me it on others. In your heart, money is everything. Don''t make
me speak harshly. I wasn''t born yesterday, I can tell right from wrong." Duke wasn''t moved by her pitiful
expressions. Bygones were bygones. It was pointless to bring up the past.
"You still hate me for leaving, don''t you? That means you still have feelings for me, right?" Rachel was
a good performer. Her eyes were filled up with sadness.
"You are not worth hating," Duke said in contempt. He didn''t even want to waste energy hating her.
How could he possibly have feelings for her?
"Why? Is it because of that woman? She''s not the one who should stand beside you. I am! Don''t you
see that?" Rachel bit her lip with her teeth and decided to forego her dignity. She darted over to Duke
and circled her arms around his waist. Pressing her face against his back, she breathed in his faint
scent deeply.
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"Go away. Don''t make me say it again," Duke warned her, recovering quickly. He was caught by
surprise for a moment.
"No, I won''t. You''re mine, only mine. You once told me that you wanted to marry me, that you would
have nobody else but me. Have you forgotten everything?" Rachel could feel the warmth of Duke''s
body and closed her eyes. She wished time could stop at that moment.