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."
I have something to do in my
she makes her way out of the dining room, I chuckle 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
down at my food. This was the first time that I had a meal with her
whole night to think about Vanessa's question about Carmella, I can only still come up with the same answer. It doesn't matter what
have to leave for the orphanage, we quickly have breakfast together and even though she doesn't smile at me, I'm glad she's not being so hostile and
she's more than just someone to help me reach my goal. She also has ideas that I can't even think of myself. All that makes me want to build a
checks on him and once again, she's doing it. She sounds so happy while talking to
the call comes to an
up on him a lot now," I say
how he came back from his
he ever thought of
focus now is
at the
back in her seat
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 her right next to me
she says, "That was Patrick. He's so eager to
"I see."
truth is that I don't. I was already jealous when she was on
something wrong?" she asks, looking at me with
I say to
that? It looks like something's
be
don't know. That's what
feelings about the call with Patrick must be too obvious in
work," I say to her. "It seems that you two
"No, we're not."
saying that but it's
that's not going to happen because I don't
you." I shake my
going to take for you to believe me, but I mean it. Enough about Patrick.
the subject? You clearly
in disbelief, that being the first
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