Dominic

I never thought I would actually tell Vanessa everything I've told her but I'm glad I did it. And I can't believe I'm about to do this, but I can still tell her part of the truth.

"What is it?" she asks from the other side of the table.

I lean back in my seat after wiping my mouth. "Do you remember dancing?"

"Yeah, when the other girls were cheering me on."

I chuckle. "That's the dancing you remember?"

"Yeah, I danced while sitting with them. What was there apart from that?"

"To be honest, I didn't know you could dance like that." I subtly bite my lip, thinking about her dancing with me and how sexy it was.

"What are you talking about?" She seems confused.

"You just let yourself go and the music took control over you."

She rises to her feet, as if embarrassed. "I don't remember that. Did anyone take a video or something?"

"No. For this party, none of that was allowed, remember? That way, guests would have privacy. I'll never forget that moment. It was really a shock."

She huffs. "It's your fault I ended up that way."

"What? How is this my fault?"

"I was obviously trying to make myself feel better and I just stopped giving a damn about anything."

"That's why I constantly watched over you. It still looked like we were dancing together, which we still did."

"We danced together?" She covers her mouth.

"Yeah, but you were very difficult. I had to hold you close."

have something

softly. She's obviously more embarrassed than she is shocked by this, just as I was when I saw her. It's a good thing I've decided not to tell her the temptation I

the first time that I had a meal with

about Vanessa's question about Carmella, I can only still come up with the same answer. It doesn't

Vanessa and I have to leave for the orphanage, we quickly have breakfast together and even

fuck, but she's more than just someone to help me reach my goal. She also has ideas that I can't even think of

a few minutes and it's the usual. I remember he told me about how she now constantly checks on him and once

an end,

up on him a lot

only because of how he came back from his business

ever thought of marrying

only focus now is the company

her phone suddenly rings. She looks at the caller ID with a chuckle, making me wonder who it

in her seat after

that she's smiling while talking to whoever is on the other end of the line. They've obviously done nothing wrong like I have, but having

she says, "That was Patrick. He's so eager to begin

"I see."

when the truth is that I don't. I was already jealous when she was on the phone but knowing that it was actually Patrick only

asks, looking at me

I say to

that? It looks

be

don't know. That's what I'm asking

with Patrick must

work," I say to

"No, we're not."

keep saying that but it's

it's just as I've told you each time, that's not going to happen because

don't believe you." I

I mean it. Enough about

subject? You clearly don't

first time she's done that while talking

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