The Devil's Thirst Trap

Chapter 29

"So you like my son?", she asked me. 

Shit...She's Dante's mother... I thought to myself.

I tried to hide my now-shaky hands and tried to look my best to seem confused.

"I'm sorry, I think you got the wrong person.", I said before I could make a run for it.

"He likes you too, you know.", she stated, which made me stop in my tracks. "But...I would love it if you could stay away from him.", she said as she took four steps closer to me.

"I don't understand what you mean. We are friends and that's it. There's nothing more to it.", I stated as I stood my ground.

"Are you sure about that, sweetheart?", she asked me in a gentle tone.

"Yes, I am.", I said as I started to nod and clenched both of my fists so tight that my nails ended up digging into my palms.

I was not a liar, so why did I do that? Why would she even boss me around after leaving her son for such a long time?! So many thoughts started to run through my head, so I just decided to end the conversation as quickly as possible.

"Look...Uhm...Ma'am, I've got to get going...", I said politely.
She just nodded.
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It was time to go home soon so we were going to hail a taxi for us, but just then Dante caught up with us. He kept panting.

'Was he running after us?', I thought to myself as I started to frown.

"Are you okay Dante?", Zoey asked him, but he simply nodded as he turned to look at me.

'Did I do something wrong?', I asked myself.

"I'll drop you two of at home.", he stated.

"Oh, okay, but will it be fine with you?", Zoey asked.

"Of course, it will be.", he said as he gave us a warm smile.

He led us to his garage and made me sit in the front, all Zoey did was give me side winks through the mirror or even make funny faces. God.....it was so embarrassing. The trip went quiet at first until Zoey saw the tension and broke the ice. She started to talk about vampires and asked questions about them which made me confused. Since when was she interested in vampires? It didn't make much sense to me, maybe she became a vampire lover overnight after watching a movie or something, so I just shook it off.

We soon reached her house and she got out of the car. Great....tension and silence again.

"Lily, I'm taking you somewhere today.", he stated, giving me no room to say no.

I just simply nodded.

"Where are we going?", I asked as I looked out of the window, leaning against it.

"My place.", he said in a gruff voice which made my eyes widen.

His mother is going to misunderstand....

"Dante-"

"I know that the two of you guys have talked.", he said cutting me off. "And I know what you said to her.", he said as he gritted his teeth and his grip on the steering wheel tightened as I could see his knuckles turn white.

Oh shit... I'm in big trouble, I thought to myself as I started to fiddle with my purse until I felt his warm and rough hand covering my hands.

"Don't worry, she's not going to be there.", he said giving me reassurance and a small squeeze on my hands to make me feel better.

"Okay...", I said in a quiet voice.
The house he took me to, was not a house.

In fact, it was a mansion! A friking beautiful mansion! My jaw dropped instantly as soon as I got off the car. It was beautiful. He just looked at me and chuckled, then he came to my side of the car and interlocked his fingers with mine.

I was so confused, why am I here? He had a remote control that he took out with his free hand as he instantly unlocked the house doors which were glass. In fact, the whole house was glass, away from the quiet and noise, just how I liked it.

As soon as we stepped foot in, the house lit up immediately, he seemed unfazed by it, since it most probably happens every time for him.

"Why am I here Dante?", I asked as I started to wander around the house.

"Well...I made a big promise to this girl...that I would make her very own special 'Dreamhouse', where she could feel free inside here and be happy.", he said as he ushered me to a stool and then poured me a drink.

I took a sip on it and then I stopped. My eyes widened in shock.

"And the girl was you.", he said as he poured himself a drink and sat next to me.

He put his glass down and faced me.

"Lily, there's something I've been meaning to tell you.", he stated.

No, I can't let him do this...his mother...

"Actually, Dante, I think I should get going.", I said as I got off the stool and walked to my bag that was on his couch.
He pulled on my forearm gently as he pushed me down and caged me in.

"D...Dante...", I stuttered as I tried to push him away gently with both my hands on his chest.

"I've liked you for a long time.", he said in a quiet voice as my eyes widened in shock.

I then covered my mouth instantly as I started to tear up, but he calmly moved my hands away and kissed me slowly, I froze for a moment...until I started to kiss him back. We stopped after a while, as his forehead met with mine and he played with my hair.

"I've been meaning to do that for quite some long time.", he said in a husky voice which brought shivers down my spine.

"I love you, Lily."

A/N: I'm so sorry for the late update! ToT Unfortunately, I haven't been well recently so it took some time to sort out the chapters. I shall see you for the next update.