Chapter 45

• Miranda hadn't anticipated the kiss, and Derrick deepened it, not giving her a chance to breathe. His lips savored every contour of her soft lips, kissing her hungrily and fervently and drawing her in to himself as he wanted to ravish her.
• His body had been burning hot with intense desire to quench, and having her standing so closely to him, Derrick couldn't explain what came over him. As their lips parted, they were both breathing heavily, while Miranda was stunned and wanted to bolt away from his sitting room, not expecting Derrick to kiss her.
• She remembered his mother had told her that she wanted her only son to marry her, and that was why she had adopted her. Although Miranda's heart grew with excitement as her heartbeat quickened with the way Derrick had spoken to her so softly and with the way his lips tasted of alcohol in her mouth, she knew he was drunk and acting under the influence of alcohol, as the real Master Derrick that she knew was arrogant and mean, and he disliked poor people, and she was one of them.