All Chapters of ALWAYS BE MY BABY: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

“What are you saying, Emeline? Are you kidding me right now? Is this your idea of a joke?” Griffin Blackwood-Carter turned away from the view of the Thames outside his tenth-story office window to stare incredulously at his baby sister. She sat in one of the navy tub chairs on the visitors’ side of his desk. “Griff, you know perfectly well I wouldn’t joke about something so serious!” Emeline exclaimed, gazing at him, her eyes etched with worry. ‘I know it sounds unbelievable but it’s true, and we have to help her.” Actually, her story didn’t sound unbelievable at all, but Griffin knew his trusting sister had a tendency to see goodness in people when there was none to see at all. He turned back to stare at the pedestrians lining the Thames. He couldn’t stand seeing his sister so upset, and he cursed the so-called friend who was responsible for causing Emeline’s state. When she came to stand beside him, Griffin slung his arm around her shoulders, drawing her clo

          Lord Griffin Blackwood-Carter, Viscount Torrington, the future 10th Duke of Richmond, stood before her, with enough tension emanating from his body to fire a rocket to the moon.“Oh… Griffin,” she breathed unnecessarily, her mind at once accepting that he was the most sublimely handsome male she had ever seen and rejecting that fact at the same time.          He seemed taller and more powerful than she remembered, his lean, muscular physique highlighted by the precise cut of his tailor-made charcoal suit. His chestnut hair was long and lent him an untamed appeal he really didn’t need, framing his olive complexion, flawlessly chiseled jaw, and aristocratic nose to perfection.          Her gaze skimmed up over the masculine curve of his lips and settled on cold, pale green eyes ringed with grey that were boldly ass

          This wasn’t the Gloriana he wished to see, Griffin thought quite irritated. She wasn’t nothing like the woman he used to dream about every night, after closing his eyes… When she was part of his dreams, she wasn’t yelling at him or acting like an untamed, spitfire shrew… No, she was usually naked, her lithe body spread out over his bed, and her soft mouth was begging him to take her.           But this was no dream, and right now, having passionate, hot sex with her couldn’t be further from his mind. Kissing that insolent curl from her luscious mouth… well… that was closer. But completely giving in to the insane desire that still uncomfortably rode his back... ABSOLUTELY no. Not in this lifetime.           Not that he was at all surprised to find himself still attracted to Gloriana. Hell, she looked even better now than she

          Gloriana collapsed back against the luxuriant leather car seat and closed her eyes. Her head hurt and she felt shivery all over. She didn’t know if it was remembering her previous attraction to Griffin that had brought it screaming to the fore, or the man himself… But she was unable to deny the sweet feeling of desire that had pooled low in her pelvis when he’d held her in his arms and looked at her as if he wanted to kiss her.          Actually, now that she thought about it, her physical response was probably caused to emotional tiredness and stress making her super sensitive to her surroundings and having nothing to do with Griffin at all. How could it be when he immediately assumed that she was guilty? That she was lower than dirt?          His cold arrogance fired her blood and made her want to fall b

          Griffin regarded Gloriana coolly as she walked back into his office. She’d put her hair up, which made her look shabbier than when she’d first woken up… and incredibly cute.          A fact he found hard to believe when he usually preferred women well-mannered, well-bred, and well-groomed. Griffin was still smarting from having lowered himself to question her about her lovers before, like some petty boyfriend, and wouldn’t have minded if she’d spent the rest of the afternoon in the bathroom. All the better for him to get some actual work done.          But Gloriana hadn’t, and now her eyes stopped on the refreshments his PA had just placed on his desk. Griffin knew she must be hungry because he doubted the customs officers had made it a priority to feed her earlier today. &nb