When Cassandra opened her eyes again, it was morning. The room was still dark, but the sun rays streamed in from the dark curtains, she turned to the other part of the bed and found it empty. The memory of last night replayed in her head again. She hadn't meant to burst out like that in front of Eros last night, but the whole feeling had overwhelmed her, and she couldn't control herself. Eros had surprised her when he had wrapped his arm securely around her and held her tightly, rocking her to sleep.She was half asleep when she heard him on the phone telling someone he won't be able to go to the dinner party and she felt really bad about that. She felt when he slowly laid her on the bed and when he drew the blanket up to her chin, she had surprised both of them by grabbing his wrist and pleading with him to stay with her. He had looked uncertain for a moment, but he had climbed in behind her. Having Eros lie behind her with his arm wrapped securely around her was a slight relie

“Dad?” Cassandra called. Her father was seated at a table with Javier. Orion stood up from the seat, looking at his daughter with surprise and a bittersweet smile. “Dad,” Cassandra called again with tears in her eyes and flew into his arms. Her father held her tightly.“Oh, my precious, you are alive,” her father whispered against her ears.“Dad, thank you for being alive,” Cassandra sobbed. ‘No, thank you for being alive,” her father said. Cassandra pulled away from her father and turned to Eros who was watching them with a smile. She flew into his arms, it even surprised Eros. She held him tightly. Slowly his arms wrapped around her, and he felt a warmth inside that hadn’t been there an instant earlier. He couldn’t remember the last time anyone had hugged him like this. He has been with a lot of women but Cassandra was his first in many ways. She was the first woman to make his heart flutter, the first woman he wanted to see smiling because of him, the first woman he wanted

Cassandra snuggled closer to Eros, fitting perfectly into his arms. They lay there without speaking for a while, each thinking about what had just gone down between them. "So... what was your dream? What would you have become if you weren't in the mafia?" Cassandra asked after a while, rubbing a scar on his chest. "Well, I didn't have any. I was born for the mafia; my path was chosen when I started existing in my mother's womb." "Growing up, you didn't like any other thing? Didn't you get interested in something?" Eros clicked his tongue. "I was busy growing sad to like anything else. What about you? What was your dream?" Cassandra smiled at the sudden way he turned the tables on her. There was something about his childhood days that he didn't want to talk about, and she was only getting curious about it. But she wasn't going to push him to say them. If he trusted her enough, he would tell her. "I have always dreamt of becoming a dermatologist, but some dreams don't come true, r

Cassandra beat Grandma Adella to preparing breakfast that morning. She enjoyed the older woman’s meals but wanted to prepare something for Eros. She had never made a meal for him before. Also, she wanted it as a bribe to see her father. She was whisking the eggs when Eros came bounding into the kitchen. He was shirtless, and the sight of his biceps distracted Cassandra a little. He had been flaunting his chest lately, and Cassandra didn’t understand why. Was he trying to seduce her, or was he trying to remind her of how much sex appeal he has?He sat by the island behind her, and she felt his gaze all over her, but she ignored the feeling. They had not had sex after the first day, and the tension was there. It was growing on them, but something was keeping them at bay. Cassandra didn’t know if it was right for her to keep sleeping with Eros since she was not sure she was entirely over Apollo. It felt like she was using him, and she didn’t want that. She enjoyed sex with Eros, and it

Eros helped Cassandra out of the car, kissing the back of her palm as she took his hand. Some people were loitering outside, mostly bodyguards and security and a few bouncers who bowed their heads as Eros and Cassandra walked past them. The room was crawling with people of different calibre and classes. It was brightly lit with live piano music in the background, champagne, and appetisers served by waiters on trays.Everyone was busy chattering with one person or the other, but heads turned when Eros and Cassandra walked into the place. This was the first time Eros brought a woman to such an event, so everyone wanted to get a good look at Cassandra and know whose daughter she was. The girls in the room glared in disbelief as he walked with his fingers interlaced with Cassandra. The attention made Cassandra nervous, and when Eros noticed, he squeezed her hand.Cassandra really felt out of place in the room. This was not the kind of gathering she was used to, the calibre of peopl