ULTIMATUM

Chapter thirty nine

DANTE

She cried . For me,like she felt my pain .

Something inside me broke when she cried, a sharp stab in my heart. What the hell was happening to me?

As i held her in my arms, her breathing slow as she slept,everything felt oddly satisfying, like that is all i needed, like my life was perfect. For a minute i chose to forget about all the blood staining my hands, the same hands i held her with, the same hands i had used to make her life a living hell.

She had fallen asleep comfortably in my arms, the arms of her captor. i had robbed her of her freedom, and yet that didnt seem to faze her at all. She seemed relaxed.

It was now afternoon and neither of us had gotten out of the room and even when we had been called down for lunch, i had sent them away, afraid they might wake her up.

Her eyes popped open and met mine, we were staring at each other but none of seemed to mind. She was really beautiful, her face so innocent and yet her eyes seemed to hide a lot. I tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear and away from her face and the action made her close her eyes as my finger tips caressed her smooth skin.

The moment was however broken when she realised her head was laying on my injured arm. It's not that I cared but the concern in her eyes got to me. I just wish we could have stayed in the moment a bit longer.

"Your arm, did i hurt you? Why didn't you wake me up. oh God, i must have made it worse,"

Her voice was laced with panic and concern as she spoke and all i could do was just stare on, amused at how many words she could say in just a few seconds.

"Hey," i said as i held her arm, pulling her into my lap, "look am ok, wife. no need to get worked up. am not hurt and besides, you barely weigh anything."

She looked at me, more like through me, trying to see whether i was serious or not and when she didn't find anything, she relaxed, her tense shoulders fell and her head fell carefully onto my chest.

It seemed like a while before she finally spoke again, her warmth leaving me when she stood up, a cool breeze replacing her warmth.

I fought my urge to pull her back so that we could stay like that forever.

Instead i relaxed my back on the headboard of our bed and looked at her as she prepared herself for her shower.

"I am going to take a shower first and then i will prepare your bath for you after and while you are there, i will go down and grab you something to eat," she said, as she looked for something in one of the bureau drawers.

"Shame, i thought we would take one together," I laughed at the expression on her face. Adorable, i thought.

"Nice try casanova," she said before sprinting off to the bathroom and locking the door behind her dimming down the sound of her laughter.

How had we gotten here, one minute we were enemies and the next...... had we just flirted?

It was dangerous but I could get used to this.