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"Where do you have her?" Lucian asked

"She’s waiting in the lower sitting area," Richard answered

Because his brother would only walk at a sedate, proper pace, he easily sidestepped hi his way downstairs before Dev even reached the top of the staircase

His strides were long, his own notably ridiculously expensive Stefano Bemer shoes silent on hardwood floors as he made his way to the sa to Richard and Livie He neared the open archway and ca the room

There was ato be a before and there was going to be an after to this ht, when he walked into a sot his first look at the nurse Dev had hired

Seeing her again was like seeing her for the first ti when he first laid eyes on Ms Julia Hughes Someone older? Possibly matronly? Who knew? But he was as shell-shocked then as he was last night

Sitting on the edge of the Victorian-era couch, completely unaware that he could see her, was the woo

She wasfuck, she was beautiful

Beautiful in a way that wasn’t often seen anyer reigned

Her deep brown hair was secured in a neat knot with the exception of one strand that fell against her cheek It was the saht He still wanted to see her hair down, to know if his suspicions were true He knew, just knew, it had to be thick and long

The shape of her face was a perfect heart Delicate brows arched over eyes he kneere the warh cheekbones that were even more pretty when they were flushed pink and her mouthoh sweet Jesus, her mouth was a work of art Lips so lush that athe honor of tasting theainst his ownsootten to taste them

Like when he first saw her, he could see her face rendered on canvas It wouldn’t be easy He knew there was a lot of emotion in that face, emotion that was always hard to translate in paint Even the slight furrow in her broould be difficult to capture

It would be a challenge

An honor

Even though she was sitting, poised stiffly and uncoe of that couch, he knew she had a body of dreaured, soft and silky in all the places he wanted to explore

There was a buzz in his veins as he stared at her, a heat that was burning hiulf hihes had been a very, very pleasant surprise

Unlike his brother, he was ator, he’d done the field work The whole purpose of the trip to Pennsylvania was to scout her out since he hadn’t been able to find anything online about her Went to where she’d worked and pretended to be interested in enrolling a family member All he had to do was s up some info from her old boss

Stellar eoing to miss her

And while he’d been there, he’d overheard the friendly blonde talking about the party Pure luck that had put hi seen He’d gone to that bar with the full intention to engage her in conversation, get a feel for her, and honest to God, that was all he’d planned

But then he saw her

Then he talked to her

And then he’d wanted her

He was vaguely aware of his brother approaching hi he should look away, he found that he couldn’t, that he didn’t want to

"Lucian," Dev warned quietly

He ignored his brother as he inched closer When he first saw her last night, he had a purely pri since that had happened Too long

"I mean it" Irritation was evident in Dev’s low tone "Don’t even think it"

He wished his brother would shut up so he could gawk at his nurse in quiet privacy "Noould you knohat I’ed in a low voice "You only care about two things One of the out what’s left of your brain cells"

Lucian arched a brow as he looked at hiue with that "What’s the other thing I care about? Tell me Since you know more about me than I apparently do"