However, he wasn't going to give up, no matter what. Since he had realized the problem, then he was going to solve the problem instead of evading.
Meeting Darica and seeing what she had achieved despite how tough it had been for her, Duke realized that he needed to catch up.
There was nothing fancy about him showing off his family's money. He wanted to become the kind of man that Darica would be proud of.
Only when his achievements are great would a woman look at him with respect.
He wanted Darica to respect him and look at him with those fanatical eyes he had seen continuously from others.
He had not seen those eyes from Darica yet. And it was only now that he was finally realizing that he didn't deserve it.
Why would someone respect him when it was his family's money that was talking?
