024

~ISABELLA~

"I bought clothes for you."

"You bought clothes for me? Do you think that clothes, handbags, and shoes will compensate for kidnapping me?" I asked him as one of his domestics carried in the shopping bags.

Dante merely offered a sly grin as he advanced towards me, prompting me to gulp.

He was tall and had a presence that made me weak in my knees.

His eyes were green and whenever I locked with them, I felt my throat getting dry.

Maybe it had to do with the fact that I had daydreamed about him the night before we met for our first date.

I couldn't take my eyes off him for hours and when he confirmed our date, I was over the moon and couldn't wait for him to be the one to sweep me off Antonio's snares.

And he did.

"I assumed you liked clothes."

"I value my freedom above all, Dante! For how long do you intend to keep me here?" I snapped while approaching the table to look inside the shopping bags.

"I believed we had reached an understanding that I would grant you your