My Dangerous Rogue by Paula Wong (english novels for students TXT) 📕

you had viewed me as, father. A disgrace to the family?”
“Yes,” Harold said sternly. “You are. To your sisters and your brother. If Michael can only see you now-,” he cleared his throat.
Richard balled his fists at the mention of Michael‘s name. His older brother. The brother who always was the light of the family. The person who had glued the family together. The person that Richard envied.
Michael had died three months ago. His death causing the whole family to slightly spilt apart. To be more distant.
He was the only person keeping the whole family together.
For years, his father had always wanted Richard to be just like Michael. To be as successful as Michael. To be just like him.
He doesn’t blame his father. Who wouldn’t want to be Michael?
Handsome, successful, and warm hearted. Everybody adored him. Everybody loved him.
And now he’s dead.
He was caught in a cross fire. Or at least that was everybody thought.
But Richard knew better. He knew all to well that Michael was murdered. Murdered by the people that held a grudge against him.
And that is why Richard is forced to act like this. He wanted everyone to fear him. Everyone to know that Richard O’Conner, isn’t anything like his brother.


“You got to be jesting?” Avery was the one who broke the silence between them.
“No I am rather serious,” Loretta smiled.
“That is impossible. No, forget about impossible. More like the senseless idea I’ve ever heard. What in the world came to your mind when you had planned this?”
Loretta passed her the newspaper. “This,”
Avery passed it to the other members, looking at her like she’s lost her mind.
“No. This idea is irrational,” Jane said shaking her head. “Please think it over.”
“I already have,” she smiled assuring her that her mind is already made up.
And there is no changing it.
“But… this is dangerous Loretta. Please this could ruin your reputation. He’s dangerous. You could get hurt,” Vivian gave her a look of concern which was actually surprising considering it’s from Vivian.
“I will be fine Vivian. My reputation would be tarnished but I will recover.”
“I don’t mean that. I meant that he might hurt you. And considering he’s the Earl of Kent, he will.”
“Yeah,” Agreed Christine. “He’s like the worst man in England. Why would you choose him of all people?”
“Exactly as you said Christine. He is the worst man in England. My parents will never approve. So when I had successfully done my plan, they would ship me off somewhere. Maybe to France or Spain. Somewhere far away from him. And do not worry, if they do not ship me off somewhere, I would actually get away from him myself.” Loretta replied coolly.
“You talk as if you have done this before,” Jane sipped the tea and looked at Loretta.
“I have not. I assure you Lady Jane. My plan is all set.” She grinned and placed the cup of tea down.
“That is rather amusing,” she replied setting the tea down also. “But what makes you so sure that he will actually fall in love with you? Or take you to be his lover?”
“My plan is simple.” she smiled and got up, taking her shawl and her overcoat, wrapping it gently around her. The snow slowly falling outside, making the whole neighborhood look like a vast winter wonderland.
Her own sky blue gown, gently making her small waist more visible and flat. Her breasts shaped and her pale skin, even paler, almost blending in the winter snow. Lips, as smooth and tender…as rose-leaves in a coppice wild.
The others had always bothered her of looking like Snow White from the fairy tale book. Except that she had long, curly brunette hair, slightly pinned on the top of her head.
“I will arrive at Richard O’Conner, the Earl of Kent’s home. I will declare my feelings for him. And I will get him to fall in love with me.”
She turned around to leave but stopped at Jane’s words. “Will you do everything, including betray an innocent man, just to be free of the Earl of Frinchester?”
Loretta didn’t turn around, though Jane could tell that she was slightly affected of betrayal, after all, Loretta isn’t the person to betray someone, or anyone in the least. “Yes. I will do everything. I will not disappoint my parents by rejecting the earl. But I will use the Earl of Kent to do it for me. I will become his lover. And about your statement, he is not innocent.”
“And what makes you so sure that you will not fall in love with him at the process, Viscountess of Wales?” Jane smiled.
The Sapphire Roses members stared at her, as if she’s mad. But Loretta knew Jane. She is a smart and honorable woman. After all, that is how she won the king of England‘s.
“I will not fall in love with him. He is the last person I want to spend my life with.”
“We will see, Viscountess of Wales. We will see,”
Loretta bowed and left the club, heading towards the carriage, taking the hand of the coachman as she settled in the seat, looking outside.
“We’re off to Madame?”
“The home of Richard O’Conner, the Earl of Kent,” Chapter 2

The carriage pulled out on the front of the O’Conner resident gate.
The tall structure towers sprang out from both sides of the mansion.
One east side and one west. Massive built walls structure of the pavement circled the two towers, falling flat from the front and back. Balconies surrounded all of the open windows, which Loretta might have to guess is about twenty-two windows in total.
Not including the back.
So this was the home of Richard O’Conner.
Rumors has been said that out of all the members of the ton, the Earl of Kent is the worst. Just by the newspaper from yesterday showed that. Quietly, she stepped outside of the carriage.
The cold winter wind blew her gown, making her brown hair loose out of its pins.
“Madame?” the coachman and also her good friend, Desmond, said coming down the carriage as well. “Are you in need of my company?”
Loretta gave him a assuring smile. “No, it is alright. Just wait for me out here,”
He nodded but gave her a concerned look. After all, nobody in their right mind would actually go to the Kent Estate without an escort.
“Please be careful Lady Chase.”
She looked up at him and smiled. “I always am.”
Slowly, she made her way up to the gate. It must have been the end of their shifts considering there was no one standing by it..
A figure made its way out of the mansion, almost running, panicking.
She raised herself up to her tip toe and braced her hands on the gate. “Excuse me,” she called out.
The figure stopped. “What are ye doing out ‘ere miss?”
A voice of a female. As she came closer, Loretta can see what she looked like. A petite young woman, in her teen years.
“I am looking for the Earl of Kent,” she said smiling.
She hesitated. “Um… master ain’t feeling right today. He is well… not in the mood to talk to anyone right now.”
“But I really need his help,” her gaze landed on the bucket of water. “What is that for?”
“For me master,” she whispered.
This girl is shaking, Loretta thought. From fear.
“Are you alright?” she asked looking down at her pale features.
“Me fine.” she smiled up at her, revealing the most delicate brown eyes she had ever seen.
“Please let me come in. I really need to speak to him,”
The girl hesitated. “Me master will fire me. I need every single shilling I can get.”
“Do not worry. I will leave you out of it,” she smiled.
She hesitated but nodded. “Alright, but miss I would advise ye to be careful. Me master is um.. . Inebriated.
Loretta’s eyes widened. “Did your master hurt you?”
She shook her head quite fast. “No. No. Me master is sometimes scary when he’s like this. But most of the times, he’s nice. Wouldn’t hit a single servant or maid.”
That is not what I saw on the morning paper, she thought but smiled. “If you say so, now please hurry.”
The girl nodded and set the bucket down on the ground, pressing the gate open for her to come in. Once she stepped foot in the land, a feeling rose up her spine.
Danger.
Her mind told her to run. Run as far away from here.
But she had to stay. She has to do this. So with a breathe, she walked forward, following the maid, to the back of the mansion.
Different kinds of flowers welcomed her, lying out on the ground path. Roses, Daisies, Amaryllis, Geranium, and even other foreign flowers that she hasn’t seen before.
“Beautiful ain’t it?” the maid asked looking back at her.
“Very,” she said breathless.
Soon enough, they entered the back entrance of the mansion. If it looked big on the outside, the inside was bigger.
Massive structured pillar surrounded the corner of each wall and room. The dining hall is big enough to be a ballroom.. If this is what the dining hall looked like, what would the ballroom look like? She thought picking up her skirts to follow after the maid. She is quite fast, faster than her.
Just then, a voice filled the entire mansion. A voice of a man. “WHERE THE HELL IS MY WATER!”
Loretta was startled and was force to a stop. It wasn’t that the man’s voice was loud and frightful, but it was the fact that the man’s voice was soothing to the ear, making her heart raise a beat.
If he’s voice is like this, then what would it be like to hear his voice in a whisper? His mouth next to her ear, whispering to her?
She shook her head fiercely. No, she shouldn’t think like this. She should never think like this.
His voice was smooth and pleasant to the ear. A voice that will make every women fall down their knees and beg for him to take her.
Dangerous, her mind repeated over and over again.
The maid stopped walking, and so did Loretta.
Her gaze scanned the room, she was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn’t know that she was in his study.