Chapter 11 : Wine and Wrong Decisions

It was the next weekend and I had another visit with Dante planned.

After I told him about how to contact my team, he said that he would get a hold of them straight away. I was so excited to be able to talk with Bridgette again via Dante and was looking forward to our next meeting all week. I told myself that it was because I was anxious to know what he had learned through our collective teams, but I knew it was something more.

As much as I tried to ignore my attraction to Dante, it felt like it was impossible. I felt so silly as I got ready for our meeting. There were butterflies in my stomach, like I was back in high school and preparing for my first date with a cute boy. It was so stupid, not to mention dangerous, to feel this way. I was undercover in an escort system. I couldn’t allow anything to distract me.

Valerie told me she wanted to personally inspect my outfit before I met Dante tonight. So, I chose a dark green dress and painted my lips red. I spent more t