"Unfortunately, you have."
On hearing the duke's response, Maxine gulped down her saliva, trying her best not to show that she was even a little bit shaken by his reply.
Before she knew it, Duke James dragged her by her arm in a rash way and then settled her on his lap.
Maxine, who was not expecting it, gasped in surprise, followed by the onlookers who knew that the Duke had not taken a liking to any woman in Batmod.
They imagined what the new scarlet lady could have said to make the Duke so violent in pulling her close to him.
Could he be drunk and then turned on by her words?
While they pretended to be stylishly talking to their gentlemen, some attention was fixed on Maxine, wondering what she could have said to turn the Duke on.
