Make Me Yours

Chapter 16

A Secret Confession

Dominick grabbed at Iyana, only to have her dodge away from him. He spun around on his feet and captured her, tickling her sides. She laughed and dropped to the floor, where he proceeded to stop tickling her and took her left shoe off.

"Hey, give that back!"

"No. You lied to me. Now you get to suffer the punishment." He held her shoe up high where she couldn't get it.

"You are a big jerk, you know."

"This jerk has your shoe" he proceeded to lift the shoe out of her reach.

"He won't if he gives it back!" She reached to grab for it again.

"Nope too slow."

"Ugh!"

Somehow they ended up on the floor with Iyana laying beneath Dominick. They stared into each other's eyes; then Dominick broke the eye contract. Quickly, he slipped her other shoe off.

"Now I have both."

"Hey, you give them back."

"Not before I get an apology."

"You'll never get one."

"Then I guess you're going barefooted, Princess."

"Dominick you wouldn't. Come on."

"Oh, but I would, Princess. This is your punishment. You will go bare footed around my kingdom until I see fit for you not too."

"Give them back right now." She ran after him as he fled outside.

They ran along the hilly ground for a few minutes until the two were out of breath. Iyana fell into steps beside Dominick. She glanced over at him then resemble looking forward. Her feet were beginning to ache from walking on the ground, but she said nothing. After walking a little while, Dominick came to a stop. Iyana caught herself as she stumbled over a rock.

"Can I have my shoes back now?"

"No."

She huffed and glared at him. "You're being difficult."

"Difficult huh?" Pulling back his right arm, he flung the shoes into the air.

The shoes went flying through the air off over the treetops in the directions he threw them. Iyana lower lip dropped down as she stared after her shoes. They were a pair of nice shoes she received from one of the maids, and the idea that she would loss them today never crossed her mind.

"Why'd you do that?" she asked in a winded voice.

"You worry too much about material things." He took off his shoes and threw them as well before proceeding to walk again.

"How am I supposed to walk now?"

"On your feet," He retorted in a bored tone.

"You know what I mean."

Dominick let out a breath of air before looking over his shoulder at Iyana. "It's normal to go without shoes here, Princess. You will get use to it."

There was a far-off look in her eyes when she looked back in the direction her shoes was thrown. She wasn't use to all this, and she missed her home. Reluctantly, she followed behind the prince.

A few grunts and ouchs later, he sighed heavily and came to a stop. "Come on. Get on."

"What?"

"Hop on. Your complaining is hurting my ears.