Chapter Forty Eight: A Teasing Dante!

ASHLEY…

My knuckles whitened as a cold chill washed over me then I felt a small bead of sweat drop down my face and ran down my neck.

"Your silence is killing me, aren't you upset with me?" I asked with my arms crossed over my chest and Dante gazed down at me with a strange expression.

I tried to pull away from him but I was unable to move as he pressed his body against mine and I felt my pulse quicken.

He pulled me close in an embrace, his warm lips against mine in response to our silent query.

Tears welled up in my eyes but I was unable to cry and also unable to realise any attachment to the moment we shared together as I let them stream down my cheeks.

Dante cupped my face in his hands,making me whip my head behind and he stared open eyed and blankly at me as a kind of peacefulness overcame me.

"I'm not upset with you and please don't do this, I hate seeing tears in your eyes" he stated and I swallowed hard when he used his thumb to stroke my tears away from my cheek.

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