Dante's Love Affair (SAMPLE - Story moved to Inkitt)

Chapter 7 ~ How It Started

Song: Bon Jovi - Always

...Quinn...

Yesterday I let down my guard. I have been fighting my attraction for Dante since the moment I met him and being there with his family was more emotion then I could handle. My life with Tim has been wonderful and I don't regret my decision, in truth, I didn't notice my life without my family, until yesterday. Watching them banter, seeing how close they all were reminded me of just how much I want that... A family.

When I left high school, I had been accepted into college but after a while decided it wasn't me. I was offered a full-time position at Tri-Star Global as Tritium's receptionist at first, then he had me sit in on everything, started teaching me all he knew about business, he said I was a natural. Lord, how I idolised him, I had since I was fifteen. I had thought one or two times over the years of us working together that he had a thing for me but I brushed it off, playing it as though I was a silly girl with a crush. The way he would watch me though, it all set my soul on fire. He was incredible, he'd inspire me, praise me, supported me in everything I did or wanted to achieve, he was my rock and nothing was too much. I knew I had strong feelings for him and I tried so hard to not, it was inappropriate for me to see my boss like that but to me, he was like god.

I remember the day we found out so clearly... I took a late lunch break because I had my head buried in sales reports all morning, when I came back, I found him keeled over and in severe pain. Knowing how proud he was, the last thing he needed was an ambulance being rushed in, so I took him into the elevator, away from prying eyes and much to his disagreement and ushered him into my car before rushing him to hospital.

At first, after hours of waiting around, test after test and a long night spent at his bedside in an uncomfortable chair, the results were back. Since he was only a multimillionaire at the time, everything was rushed through as quickly as possible. He tried to push me out the room, yelled at me and told me to leave, but I refused and gave that stubborn ass a few choice words of my own, hell, I was freaking inside and after listening to him bitch and complain for so long, I needed to know he was okay.

But he wasn't okay.

Sitting there, with the most brilliant man you had ever known, being given his diagnosis, your world crashes. Suddenly, the washing you left in the washing machine, the dishes you left on the sink, the fight you had with your dad over dropping out of college, it all becomes inconsequential. The pettiness that plagues human existence, completely insignificant.

The Doctor left us alone to work through what he had said and for the first time ever, I felt Tim's sadness. It was nothing he said, just the energy that surrounded him. He turned away from me and told me to 'just fucken go home' like I was ever going to listen. His irrational and unstable behaviour was not the man I had fallen for, no, this man was broken, probably embarrassed, stressed and afraid. He was lashing out in frustration, I could see that.

I had slipped out of my heels sometime during the night, I had not showered and probably looked like road kill but I didn't care, I needed him to know that I've always wanted to be in his arms, so I threw caution to the wind and went for it.

Drawing the curtain closed after locking the door, I was thankful it was a single room. I removed my jacket and climbed up on the bed behind him, he turned with a furrowed brow and I lifted his left arm around me. "What are you doing Quinn?" His tone was harsh and angry but I chose to ignore it, cuddling into his side and forcing him to turn onto his back and focus on me.

"The thing is Tim, I'm in love with you..." his grey eyes grew wide with surprise by my confession, "so you can push me away all you like, I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying..." I never got a chance to finish my little speech, the moment his lips met mine, I was gone. That night, I lost my virginity and ended up engaged.