FALLING IN LOVE I

“Isn’t that lovely” Ronnie seemed like the only one interested in making a conversation at that moment.

“Well then we would be on our way now” Madison held Ronnie’s hand intending to lead him out of there.

“Have a good night then” she heard the lady say and Ronnie respond something but she was too distracted to remember what he had said.

“And where are we going” she had him say after a while of aimlessly dragging him around.

“For a walk, it will be a waste to seat around in this beautiful garden without exploring it, you know flowers has always been my source of happiness but they had once been the cause of my sadness too”

“How so he asked intruded on to how the plants had caused her pain”

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Staring fixatedly at the piece of art in front of her Jen couldn’t help but gape in awe, the work was simply magnificent, and a true work of art and it was made by the duke himself. She had heard about how the duke of frostway was an amazing painter and seeing his work in real life was completely amazing.

The colors he used to paint the lady Catalina in the picture looked rich and bright contracting amazingly with each other and giving a wonderful result.

“Beautiful isn’t it”

She turned around to see the man who have been pestering her all night come and stand right next to her, but his eyes weren’t on the painting it was on her “yes it is” she simply replied

“So you managed to successively evade me till now” he gave her one of his infamous shark grin.

“I wasn’t trying to evade you your grace” that was huge lie because she had been purposely going in the opposite direction whenever she spotted him

“Please it’s Stephen”

“I don’t think we have come that far to be on first name basis” she moved over to inspect another painting. This one done by a renowned painted.

“That’s because you have been trying to reach there” she only threw him a glance, seeming not the least interested in talking to him “I see you are quite interested in art”

“Its fascinates me” she simply responded

“Will you like to paint me some time” she turned over to look at him and finally giving him her full attention.

“Are you serious? You know you can’t take back your word as a duke”

“Yes more than serious, just tell me when you’re ready”

“anytime you are” she began to feel a little excited at the prospect of drawing someone full life painting, she had mostly painted object and animals but she had never tried human being so it will be the first for her.

“Am always ready for you” he smiled charmingly at her, she turned back just in time to see mademoiselle looking at the both of them with a huge grin on her face. She had seen her pulling Madison earlier to meet the grand duke and she could help but laugh out loud because of the look on Madison face.

“Please excuse me” she said meaning to approach her but Stephen held on to her hands.

“Dance with me” and before she could reply he had already pulled her to the dance floor as he twirled and spun her around it. And by the end of the night she had realized that he wasn’t as bad as she thought and he could be a charmer when he wasn’t trying to be notorious with women. She had to admit she had an amazing evening with him as he shared stories about his adventure with her and she fun memories she remembered from school, she used to be quite a wench and a mean bully but after becoming friends with Madison she soon changed her ways but that didn’t mean she was now a good girl, she was still very stubborn and still had the talent to verbally deal with any one as her tongue was very sharp. She mostly tried her best to avoid being extremely angry because when she became mad she lost control, and for the first time ever a man had managed to spend a whole evening with her without upsetting her or making snide comment that made her want to explode.

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“Well I think am in love”

Robert casted a glance at his good friend who for some reason kept on sprouting rubbish and smiling like a complete fool. “Am a hundred percent sure you have said this a thousand times Stephen”

“Have I now?” he drew out his cards staring at them with deep concentration.

“Severally”

”well this is different, I feel like I am spell bound by this woman, simply intoxicated by her”

“And you have decided that on the second meeting” he casually took a full gulp of his drink.

“I decided it on the first glance” and Robert busted into a wild fit of laughter.

“Am afraid she have performed some sort of witchery of you my friend”

“If so, I don’t care” Stephen ideally slipped his card. He had never felt the way he did right now. ‘Jennifer’, she appeared in his dreams every night from the first time he had set his eyes on her.

Thinking about women Robert heart harden a little, he wasn’t found of them after what happen two years ago and before that five years ago. Surprisingly all the people who had tried to mess up his life were all women. He only kept them for his pleasure and entertainment, nothing less and nothing more. He had no emotional attachment to any woman after what happened. He thought that all women used men to get what they wanted be it lust or luxury and men used women in return because they knew they had they women were desperate.