Chapter 44

It was reaching that point in my life where I realised that I may be the cause to my own suffering in some way. Though it may not be entirely direct but it was evident that I had placed myself in situated and settings in which would lead to my suffering when it could have all been easily avoidable.

This evening was a prime example of it. Why on earth I was here, looking like a complete and utter mess when I could have been at home nestled up with my daughter on the couch watching some Disney movie. Instead, here I was crying in the bathroom of the house that was not mine for a long time now and confronted by the man I wished the least to see yet I willingly came to his house.

Was I the idiot?

Perhaps I was. Maybe it was my inability to leave Dante in the past for good and move on truly and whole fully but the more I thought about it, I came to the conclusion that I was not the one at fault here. I was perfectly fine being away from Dante but it was he who chased after me, who refused to leave me alone. He had meddled in my life more than he should and until he had gotten beneath my skin just to get me beneath his b*dy again.

Even now as he stood on front of me in the secluded, constrained space of the bathroom, I couldn’t read his expression at all. What ever little expression his face contorted in when he first stepped in here was now completely gone. His eyes were a glazed mask as was his face.

“You shouldn’t be here.” I croaked then cringed at the sound at my own voice.

“I thought you wouldn’t show up tonight.” He said as he took a step forward. Subsequently, I had taken 2 steps back and away from him.

I sniffed. “Why would I not have attended?” I asked but it was so stupid of me since the answer to that question was literally right in front of both of us.

“Because I know all of this is hard for you, Sophia.” He said in such a calm, gentle… almost pained

tone.

“Hard for me?” I tried to laugh but it caught in my throat when he closed the distance between us in one swift step.

I tried to take create distance between us but my back soon hit the cold tiled wall leaving me trapped between the hard contours of Dante’s chest and the unwavering wall behind me.

“Sophia, I want to tell you that- I held my hand up to silence him but it had only brushed against the front of his crisp white dress shirt.

I felt his muscles tense beneath the thin material and caught his jaw flex. An amber sparked in his orbs igniting a look that I knew all too well yet did not want to see right now.

“There is nothing that you can say to me that would make any difference in any way.” My voice was barely audible because I was suddenly too aware of his presence.

His scent lingered in my nostrils, the heat of him radiated of his b*dy and through my clothes. hearing up my own skin. His eyes dropped from my eyes to my parted l*ps and I could read his

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mind easily.

“Perhaps you’re right but-” His face moved a fraction of an inch closer and my breath caught at the back of my throat.

“But?” I pushed, my orbs looked at him through my lashes.

“But I at least have to try. His champagne scented breath fanned against my l*ps causing the skin there to tingle slightly.

are half way to the alter and I was just some one that you used.” I whispered in a pained voice

one that I used, Sophia. His words were firm and he looked at me seriously. “I had a different route for us in mind.” He said sincerely nearly begging me to believe him.

“You may

come across that way to me.” I countered with

Way

chin bringing my eyes back to look at him. I noticed the that his face was much closer than it had been before. I swallowed audibly

I can

standing too close to me instead of seeing to your duty as a fiance.” I retorted but my eyes were still settled

moved closer to mine until his l*ps brushed against my ready and awaiting ones. I inhaled deeply and his arms sn*ked around me like

but when I looked into his eyes again and saw the burning neediness in them my words fell

then pressed my l*ps against his and k*ssed him with a ferocious aching need that I did not even know that I possessed all

until it bunch. over my ass. His hand found my cheeks and cuooed each one pressing me against

I want you so bad? You’re like

Wanted how hard I try to get you out of my system. All I heard was how he

to be here with me risking so much. His

engagement.

I said more to myself than I did to him as

not?” He whispered just

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I couldn’t think of a single reasonable reason as to why

the fact that I knew how this was going to end. All

out of my mouth like word vomit. “Because you have a while fiance. My voice rose a octave and it seemed like the louder I said it the more

which Dante had been using me as his some thing on the side and the pathetic part of it

neither of us should be a part of” My

with a critical look before he removed his hands from my ass and took a step away from me but it

married. I will not allow myself to become a side piece even though you are quite content with that fact. If you are going to cheat on Pheobe, don’t think that you can do it with me. It’s a shame it already happened once but that was due

pulled together and I could see that he was holding back his own anger but I did not care. Caring for him was the reason

you

face to tense up and

in frustration. For a second he turned away from me but then returned

you, damn it!” His voice boomed and echoed, bouncing against the walls and slamming in to my ears loud and clear until his words rung

The single word flew out if my

realised it way too damn late and now I’m paying for my mistake!” His pain caused his voice to

saying, yet it didn’t do anything to soften me up in any way. I looked at him and all I saw

fiance.

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One that I will not allow myself to be burdened to bear.” I muttered swallowing the lump that had painfully

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