Chapter 52: Marking his territory

"Are you sure you don't want your dress anymore?" Barbara asked, he turned his gaze to her and held her wrist. "Why do I get this feeling you always want to shoo me away?"

"Not at all." She fakes a smile, and Gordon smiles back at her.

"You should keep it, I am the one giving it to you, it's my way of apologizing for your damage. Do you think, I can have a dance with you? The music is lovely and it happened to be my best."

Gordon looks nice and friendly, he is another vision of Dante who is insolent and naughty. Someone that one could be comfortable with.

"The thing is, I came with my boyfriend, I don't think he will like it, it might turn out to be a bad idea."

"I bet you forget to add possessive... And the boyfriend, you talking about could probably be the one rushing towards us" he said casually, Barbara moved her eyes with Gordon's gaze, only to see Dante's gloomy face, producing anger and frustration.

Dante gets to them and the first thing he can do is pull Barbara's hand from his