Chapter 30


    Chapter 30


    | swirled the ss of water in the double walled ss before downing it to wash down the meds for pain and infection. The visit


    to the ER was brief which | was more than thankful for. | didn’t break my nose but it has swelled a tad bit because of the impact


    of Dante’s fist to my nose. Some ice had helped to reduce the swelling and now it was just a bruise.


    | couldn''t think of heading back to the office and neither did | want either of the men that | was with to drive me back home.


    Against both of their protest, | call an uber and got home in the early afternoon. Hayley was shocked to see mee home so


    carly during the day but she also had plenty questions about i nose.


    Naturally, | made up a story about me missing a step and falling to the floor nose first and she was


    the


    very apologetic about it but | assured her that | was okay. | took a nap after that to sleep. Was


    stress of the morning then woke up to have supper with Hayley and put her to bed.


    With her out and asleep, | cracked open a bottle of wine and decided to enjoy it by myself as | binge watched some mindless


    si that | didn’t had to pay too much of attention to.


    | carried the bottle with me to the living room and rested my head against the cushions. Moving back to New York was bound to


    hold its own challenges and difficulties but | didn’t think they would prove to be so trying.


    Between trying to resurrect the business that | had now owned and managing Dante, it was all proving too much. | expected


    Pheobe to work on my nerves more than Dante had been but there was some thing about him and his inability to leave me


    alone.


    Initially, | thought that he was merely trying to annoy me but recently its like he was just looking for any sort of excuse to be


    around. As much as | tried to ignore it, he looked at me differently recently and it was a look that | knew all too well. | also knew


    that it was one that was better left


    unnamed.


    Apart of me was still holding on to resentment of the past but there was also some thing about being around Dante again.


    Despite my fury for him, some thing deep within me yearned for him in a way that | hadn’t yearned for another man before. |


    hated it because | knew that | couldn’t have him again.


    The thought made me down my ss and pour another. | didn’t want Dante to do a paternity test. He already had strong


    suspicions as to Hayley being his but | didn’t want proper papers and medical tests proving it. If Hayley became the reason that


    Dante discarded Phoebe or stopped being as present for her because of her, who knew what Pheobe would do. She already


    tried her hand when she found out | was pregnant and if she came to know that the child she tried to kill in my stomach had lived


    jeopardizing her grand n then she would be furious.


    | didn’t even know why Dante was with her still. Pheobe and him were visually unhappy to even the most aloof bystander. She


    was bitter with a motive and Dante was just there.


    The thought of them together made me down another ss and | poured myself a third. | was just about to sip from it when


    heard some thing like a knock sound against the front door. | paused thinking that | had imagined it then heard it again. Three


    rythmic knocks followed by a pause before it sounded again.


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    | rose to my feet, ss in my hand, and sauntered over to the front door. | leaned forward to see. who it could be at this hour


    and, much to my surprise, it was Dante standing on my front porch.


    | waited for a moment deciding whether or not | wanted to deal with him right now but before | could decide against it, my fingers


    unlocked the door just as Dante was about to knock again.


    He still wore his suit from earlier but his zer was shrugged off and the two buttons of his shirt had been popped open


    revealing a little of his skin. His eyes softened when he saw me, running around my face inspecting the damage he


    unintentionally caused earlier.


    “| dropped by to see how you were doing. His voice was so light yet filled with tenderness at the same time.


    “I''m fine, really. | convinced him just as his gaze ran down the rest of my b*dy.


    | was immediately aware of the shorts and tank top that I had on revealing my legs and a sliver of my stomach. | tried to hide


    behind the door but it was toote because Dante had already seen me.


    “Do you mind if |e inside?” He asked being the most courteous I’ve ever heard him be. “Maybe have some of that wine


    you''ve got there.” A small smirk toyed about his I*ps tugging at some thing within me.


    Before | even knew what | was doing, the door was being held open and | moved out of his way to allow him inside. | shut the


    door then moved to get a ss for him from the cab.


    “Is Hayley asleep?” He asked looking around and not seeing her anywhere.


    “She is. She hasn’t been one to linger around toote. | focussed on pouring some wine in to his ss and not at him.


    Even though my gaze was not fixed on him | could feel his fixed on me. It was heavy and heated. my skin until | felt it in my


    shoulders and n*eck but it could also have been the wine.


    | carefully carried the globe shaped grass to him holding it by the delicate stem and he took it, swirled it within the ss, before


    tasting in it. He nodded in approval the motioned for me to lead the way out of the kitchen.


    | traced my foot steps back to the living room then instantly regretted it when the smell of Dante began permeating the air. |


    should have lead him to the garden outside or even the porch.


    Dante moved to the window looking at the garden view from there and | did the same. The garden was well lit and maintained


    beautifully highlighting the rose bushes and flowers blooming gracefully.


    “Does it hurt still?” Dante’s voice snapped my attention away from the garden and back to him where | found him looking at me


    and not at the garden as | thought he had been.


    “Itis a little tender but it doesn’t hurt too bad.” | shrugged taking a sip of my drink.


    His gaze be tensed and his face grew hard. I’m so sorry about that, Sophia. You know I''d never ever hurt you intentionally.”


    He apologised and | wanted to scoff and remind him how he had hurt me so badly before.


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    “It was a mistake.” | reasoned. “For that | can forgive you but for constantly picking a fight with Adam. | may never. | threw him an


    amused look but he wasn’t amused.


    “The man gets on my nerves. | hate seeing him around you so much like a puppy” He gritted his teeth and | raised a sardonic


    brow at him.


    “Ah, so you don’t dislike him per se but you dislike him being around me. | tested and with out so much of a doubt, he nodded


    catching me off guard.


    “Precisely. He said with a straight face.


    | looked out the window giving my head a shake and taking a sip of wine.


    “You know you blew your chance when you had it. My words hung in the space between us which had gotten smaller even


    though | didn’t recall moving neither had | seen him moving.


    “Oh. | know. One of the most regretful things I''ve done. His voice was soft. barely a whisper but his words were firm.


    His eyes locked with mine and | saw every drop of regret that he felt. It was almost as if he were pained but he blinked and it was


    all gone away just like that..


    Dante cleared his throat, taking a sip of his drink before looking back at me.


    “Why didn’t you tell me it was you all along? Had | known that it was you who saved me all those years ago | would have never


    He caught himself running a hand through his hair appearing to be restless now.


    “You would have never what?” | challenged.


    His eye shot to me, holding me captive. | would have never given Phoebe another shot. | only stayed with for so long because |


    felt like | owed it to her when she returned.” He exined but what difference would it make.


    “And yet you still didn’t hesitate to throw me out at her mere request.” | scoffed bitterly feeling the pain of it wash over me anew.


    His jaw ticked and this time | saw him take a step closer until we were an inch apart. So close that my arm could easily brush


    against his shirt.


    “Had you told me the truth then maybe things would have been different. | didn’t know any better.” His breath fanned against my


    forehead as he spoke tickling the skin there.


    “| didn’t think it would matter as much as it did. | muttered, annoyed that once again he med me for things.


    “But it did.” He said moving closer this time my arm shed with his broad chest.


    | looked up at him and saw that look in his eyes build until it darkened. There was that look that | knew all too well. Before | could


    do or say anything else. Dante’s face had closed in on mine until | felt his I*ps press against mine in a gentle k*ss.


    It was slow at first, small nips and k*sses but that didn’tst long. Before | knew it Dante let out a low


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    gutteral growl before his arm sn*ked around me pulling me against his b*dy. His k*ss grew wild and hungry as he found my


    tongue and deepened the k*ss. My hand had run to the back of his n*eck and in to his hair like | needed to hold on to him.


    His other hand, free of his ss, snuck beneath my top until he cupped my bare breast. His thumb teased my n*pple until they


    hardened and grew sensitive against his touch. | gasped and moaned at the same time, my back arching pressing me further in


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    “Dante.” | moaned his name and he grunted against my I*ps before k*ssing me passionately again.


    “| miss this. | f**king missed it all. He swore against my I*ps before k*ssing me again.


    He pushed my tank top up to my n*eck revealing my chest. His I*ps k*ssed a slow trail down my jawline, down my neck, then


    my corbone until his mouth took the hardened n*pple in to his mouth.


    He suck and swirled his tongue around it and teases until | was squirming with desire. The ache between my legs needed to be


    satisfied the way | knew that he could. | cried and begged but he ignored me, paying attention to the other n*pple but his hands


    kept pressing my core against his erection that begged toe free.


    The band of my shorts were pulled down to allow his hand entry in to my underwear. His fingers found my swollen, pulsating nub


    and he slowly rubbed it. Aloud moan escaped me echoing through the room and his fingers moved fast whilst his tongue sucked


    hard against my n*pple.


    The sensation was too much and before | knew it, my head rolled back as the wave of pleasure began washing over me and |


    screamed out his name, shivering from the intensity of my orgasm.


    “Good girl.” Dante praised against my skin right when hos fingers sI*pped in to me the sensation was mind numbing but it also


    snapped me back to reality.


    “S- Stop.” My voice shook and he immediately withdrew his hand away from my core.


    “We can’t- This can’t... We can’t do this.” My legs were shaky from the havoc swirling about my b*dy. but | leaned against the


    back of the couch for support.


    Dante looked at me in utter confusion and a hint of anger but | shook my head.


    “Not while you have Pheobe in the picture. We can’t do this. | refuse to be some woman on the side.” | said firmly finding


    my back bone despite my mind being utterly mushy.


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