hell is wrong with you?”
“You’re what’s wrong with me! Why do you keep following me? Why don’t you leave me alone?”
Lovello screeched my chair around to face him, and without releasing me, he stood halfway up and used his foot to spin his chair around so we were both facing each other, our knees kissing. He then locked his ankles around each of mine, pinning them to the chair legs. That way I couldn’t get up.
I scoffed. “What are you going to do, hold me hostage in my own home?”
“I think your father will allow it. He likes me. Besides, he seems frustrated with you and your behavior.”
“Don’t take Vince Blacksille lightly. He likes to play nice, but when he plays dirty, he plays dirty .”
“Why didn’t you answer my calls yesterday?” he asked in an accusatory tone.
“Um, let’s see … because I’m my own woman and I do whatever the hell I want! I don’t owe you anything.”
“Yes you do. You owe me you .”
I tried to move but I was pinned, feet and arms. “Seriously, Pretty Boy, you need to give it up.”
“Kick and scream and fight as much as you want, Axia, I’m not gonna leave you alone. So you need to give it up. You’re a wild animal that needs to be subdued.”
“First I’m a bitch and now I’m a wild animal? Have any more disrespectful names for me, Pretty Boy Nelson?” I struggled again but he held my shoulders firm. “I swear, nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see your face scrunched in pain and your skin red with welts.”
Lovello furrowed his brows then promptly let go of my shoulders, but still kept my feet pinned. “What do you mean by that?”
Mierda … “Nothing.”
Thankfully he didn’t probe further on my gaffe. “You didn’t answer me yesterday, you know,” he said.
“What?”
“Yesterday when I asked if you loved that Zane person. You didn’t give me an answer. Now I’ve learned that he’s an ex who broke up with you. Why are you still seeing him? Are you in love with him?”
“You don’t have a right to ask me that question.”
“I know, but I’m asking you anyway.”
“That’s for me and Zane to know,” I shot. “And for you to take your nose out of.”
He made an exasperated grunt. “I don’t believe you’re in love with him, but I just want you to tell me that you’re not.”
“Why are you making Zane and me your problem?”
“Are you dense, or do you just insist on being difficult?” he snapped.
“What?”
Lovello leaned forward and cupped my face in both hands, locking his heated gray gaze on mine. “Axia, I want you. More than I’ve ever wanted any other woman. I’m used to getting anything and anyone I want. I’m used to my own way. I’ve never done shit like this before. Never chased anyone. Ever. And here I am chasing you like a dog after a bone, sponging your insults and your abuses. It’s not manly and it’s not me . Yet for some baffling reason, I’m drawn to you. You have something that a part of me wants, but I don’t know what that is just yet. The soul is quicker than the flesh. It takes a while for the flesh to know what the soul knows. And that is why I desire you. Ever since I saw you in my building that morning, I haven’t been able to get you out of my mind, Axia. Don’t think that this is a feeling that I embrace, I freakin’ hate it. And if it leaves tomorrow morning, I’ll be ecstatic, because God, dear God, you are one frustrating woman.”
Whoa. I was baffled. But my heart softened at his words, and I willed my eyes to tell him that I desired him, too. Just that I couldn’t be with him. Judging by the intense feelings I felt for him now, I’d probably fall for him and he’d hurt me, no doubt. I couldn’t lay my heart out like that again. “And what makes you believe I’m not in love with Zane?”
“Because you wouldn’t look at me the way you do, just like you’re looking at me right now. And you wouldn’t react the way you do whenever I touch you.
“You’re what’s wrong with me! Why do you keep following me? Why don’t you leave me alone?”
Lovello screeched my chair around to face him, and without releasing me, he stood halfway up and used his foot to spin his chair around so we were both facing each other, our knees kissing. He then locked his ankles around each of mine, pinning them to the chair legs. That way I couldn’t get up.
I scoffed. “What are you going to do, hold me hostage in my own home?”
“I think your father will allow it. He likes me. Besides, he seems frustrated with you and your behavior.”
“Don’t take Vince Blacksille lightly. He likes to play nice, but when he plays dirty, he plays dirty .”
“Why didn’t you answer my calls yesterday?” he asked in an accusatory tone.
“Um, let’s see … because I’m my own woman and I do whatever the hell I want! I don’t owe you anything.”
“Yes you do. You owe me you .”
I tried to move but I was pinned, feet and arms. “Seriously, Pretty Boy, you need to give it up.”
“Kick and scream and fight as much as you want, Axia, I’m not gonna leave you alone. So you need to give it up. You’re a wild animal that needs to be subdued.”
“First I’m a bitch and now I’m a wild animal? Have any more disrespectful names for me, Pretty Boy Nelson?” I struggled again but he held my shoulders firm. “I swear, nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see your face scrunched in pain and your skin red with welts.”
Lovello furrowed his brows then promptly let go of my shoulders, but still kept my feet pinned. “What do you mean by that?”
Mierda … “Nothing.”
Thankfully he didn’t probe further on my gaffe. “You didn’t answer me yesterday, you know,” he said.
“What?”
“Yesterday when I asked if you loved that Zane person. You didn’t give me an answer. Now I’ve learned that he’s an ex who broke up with you. Why are you still seeing him? Are you in love with him?”
“You don’t have a right to ask me that question.”
“I know, but I’m asking you anyway.”
“That’s for me and Zane to know,” I shot. “And for you to take your nose out of.”
He made an exasperated grunt. “I don’t believe you’re in love with him, but I just want you to tell me that you’re not.”
“Why are you making Zane and me your problem?”
“Are you dense, or do you just insist on being difficult?” he snapped.
“What?”
Lovello leaned forward and cupped my face in both hands, locking his heated gray gaze on mine. “Axia, I want you. More than I’ve ever wanted any other woman. I’m used to getting anything and anyone I want. I’m used to my own way. I’ve never done shit like this before. Never chased anyone. Ever. And here I am chasing you like a dog after a bone, sponging your insults and your abuses. It’s not manly and it’s not me . Yet for some baffling reason, I’m drawn to you. You have something that a part of me wants, but I don’t know what that is just yet. The soul is quicker than the flesh. It takes a while for the flesh to know what the soul knows. And that is why I desire you. Ever since I saw you in my building that morning, I haven’t been able to get you out of my mind, Axia. Don’t think that this is a feeling that I embrace, I freakin’ hate it. And if it leaves tomorrow morning, I’ll be ecstatic, because God, dear God, you are one frustrating woman.”
Whoa. I was baffled. But my heart softened at his words, and I willed my eyes to tell him that I desired him, too. Just that I couldn’t be with him. Judging by the intense feelings I felt for him now, I’d probably fall for him and he’d hurt me, no doubt. I couldn’t lay my heart out like that again. “And what makes you believe I’m not in love with Zane?”
“Because you wouldn’t look at me the way you do, just like you’re looking at me right now. And you wouldn’t react the way you do whenever I touch you.
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