His Duchess [Completed]

Prologue

Rodeo Drive Mid-Afternoon

A sense of wonder crossed his features. 

Who is that girl? 

Seeing her for the first time left him captivated, mesmerized, transfixed.  His heart thudded in his chest, clenching tightly as the chambers released the rush of oxygen rich blood throughout his body. He could feel the euphoria humming in his veins. 

Beautiful beyond words, a face of an angel, the figure of a Goddess.  Hair so thick it looked like it was spun out of gold—long and lustrous. Her eyes were hidden behind a large pair of sunglasses.  He could very well imagine her eyes were just as beautiful as the rest of her.

Julien sat back and stroked his chin thoughtfully enjoying his espresso and most particularly the view. He caught sight of her down the street when her laughter and that of her friend's alongside her made it's way to his ears, making them perk up. He did a double take upon seeing her and couldn't take his eyes off of her since.

For the past hour he watched her exit and re-enter boutique after designer boutique.  She and her friend's had various bags from their shopping adventure from what he's witnessed so far and when they became too many to hold the mysterious beauty walks away from the small group holding countless bags in her arms.  To his utter delight she saunters towards his direction where he lounged casually—greedily watching like a stalker in the shadows.  

Julien's hawk like eyes traveled along with her as she gracefully walks around the sidewalk.   She eventually stops behind a large black Range Rover which was parallel parked on Rodeo Drive, directly in front of the café he visited.

Placing the bags down, she reached under the back window making the trunk automatically lift open.  She discarded all the bags and and stepped away before pressing the button allowing the trunk to close on it's own. 

The girl wiped her hands down the sides of her jeans while Julien watches every movement.  Her thighs were well toned against skin tight jeans.  The breeze passed by making the delicate shirt she wore press up against her body.  A slender waist accentuated her large and generous breasts.  The shape of her body was perfectly proportional with all her assets.

The fragrance she preferred was deliciously alluring and he inhaled deeply when it passed him like a whisper in the air. It pulled him like a fish on a hook—reeling him in, trapping him. It was undeniably sweet and addicting. Closing his eyes, Julien memorizes the smell. 

It smelled like a Jasmine. The flower.

His mouth opened unconsciously as he savored it, almost tasting it.  Attracting him like a moth to a flame–beckoning him to come closer and kiss the sweet intoxicating-mouthwatering perfume alongside her neck.  He was completely mesmerized by the creation before him.  She rendered him speechless. 

She began to walk away but stopped. 

Julien held his breath.

Reaching for her handbag she appears as though she was searching for something.  The sound of music came from the inside.  Julien kept his gaze steady and sat straighter in his seat in curiosity.  A cellular phone was clutched in her hands as she answers it.  The enchanting beauty greets the other person on the line with a smile. 

Julien quirks an eyebrow trying to make out what she was saying. 

The only sounds he heard was her sweet laughter reaching his ears.  He focuses on her soft lips, completely awakened and alert.  She smiles and nods to the lucky person on the receiving end of the call. 

Did she have a lover perhaps? 

A boyfriend?

Husband?

A surprising jolt of anger and jealousy twisted his insides.  He was never one to feel jealousy.  It was a emotion he's never experienced until now—wondering who she was speaking to on the other end and who was making her laugh so. 

His strong jaw and firm mouth were clenched together, a muscle twitched in his cheek as he kept his steady sharp gaze focused on her.  The dark thoughts swirled inside his head, conjuring images of her with another making the anger inside of him intensify to dangerous levels. 

Right before his eyes she sauntered away and crossed the street before Julien could collect himself.  Although he tried to fight that instinctual pull, not recognizing himself to fall for a girl so easily. He couldn't help but feel the hollowness inside him begin to fill and become whole.  He was almost absolutely certain he could not deny himself the need to know her–there was a unbelievable connection. 

It was a burning need within him that needed to know who the mysterious beauty was.  It made no sense to feel this intense of a connection with someone he didn't know. He'd never imagined he would ever feel like this about anyone. The strong emotion building inside of him was one he did not recognize.

What was it about her that brought out this gut-level response?

These strange feelings burning inside of him felt good, they felt right. This girl affected him in such a different way, a way no other woman has ever before.  Her aura reached out to him like no other.

He took down her license plate number. 

Sending a quick email to one of his contacts from his phone, Julien stood, a small dark smirk adorning his handsome face...

He had found her, and he wasn't about to let the opportunity to find out who she was slip through his fingers a second time. For most of his life he's always taken whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted.  But this one time, he just knew she wasn't like most women. There was something there he couldn't define. He wasn't leaving things on a second, hopeful chance of running into her.

And nothing is going to stop him.

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