Author's note: this is from Duke's point of view
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Serina relaxed and leaned her head on my shoulder.
I was happy that she found comfort in my proximity. Seeing her fight against me was tearing me from the inside.
I felt her hands gripping my shirt as she started talking, "I just arrived and there is a woman I need to chase away. There were Cynthia and Bethany, and Magda's presence is always hovering above us. Why is an endless stream of pesky women included with the package called Drago Orsini? This is not what I signed up for."
I was not sure how to respond to this.
I felt wronged. How is any of that my fault? Or maybe she was not blaming me, but I had an urge to chase away all her worries and I didn't know how to fix this. What can I do about women coming onto me other than to reject them?
