watching her for a few moments as
he juggled all kind of thoughts twirling around in his head. He
didn’t want to be too firm for her, but he had to do something
drastic so she knew he meant business.
“ How is this supposed to
work, Emily, when you won’t make an attempt to try.”
“ I am trying,” she shot back.
“ How? How are you trying
when every time I tell you to participate in group, you refuse to
take part in the program.”
“ I just need
time.”
“ Time?”
“ Yes. Time. I can’t do
everything on your timeframe, Dante. I know you want me to
magically forget about Melvin overnight—”
“ No. That’s not what I
want.”
“ Then what do you want?”
“ Why ask me what I want when your actions
have proven you don’t care?”
Emily shook her head. She’d already had a
headache and she hated feeling pressured like this by Dante.
“Dante, please. My life is already messed up enough to go back and
forth with you over a bunch of nonsense.”
“ Nonsense? Getting your life
together is nonsense?”
“ My life is just
fine.”
“ Yeah. Keep telling yourself
that. Maybe one day you’ll believe it.”
“ I already do believe it. I
certainly don’t need you telling me otherwise, like you know
me.”
“ I do know you!” he snapped.
“I spent three months of my life knowing you, Emily. I don’t know
every single detail of your life history, but what I do know is you’re living
in denial and until you make some changes, you’re going to continue
being miserable and lonely.”
“ I’m not mis—”
“ And don’t tell me you’re
not miserable because I see it every time I look into your eyes.
All I wanted you to do was give this trip your all, but you refuse
to participate, just like you refuse to wear the ring I hand picked
for you...it’s been on the nightstand since the ceremony last
Saturday. And just to think I used to pride myself on having the
acute ability to read people, but I failed with you because I
thought you had feelings for me, but I see now that I was horribly
mistaken. So you’re free to go. I’ll waive the breach of contract
penalty on your behalf. All you have to do is pack your bags and
run back home to your canned world of false hopes and dwindling
memories of a man who can’t love you anymore because he’s incapable
of doing such.”
Dante walked away from the door and soon
after, Emily heard him leave the suite.
Tears poured down her face at the
realization that she’d lost a good man in Melvin, but he was gone,
and now, she was on the verge of losing another good man, a living,
breathing, passionate one who’d just angrily dismissed himself from
her presence.
Chapter 21
Dante sat at a table out by the pool, trying
to cool off. He was on the phone with his brother Dimitrius; a pair
of Cartier sunglasses masking his worried eyes – worried that he
was about to lose the woman he’d waited so long for.
“ You told her to leave? The
woman you’ve been practically stalking for the last six months?”
Dimitrius asked. Dimitrius was the level-headed brother, the one
Dante could talk to about anything. The one who could offer some
good advice.
He drew in a breath and said, “Yeah, man. I
did. I told her to go.”
“ Why would you do something
like that?”
“ She just doesn’t get it.
She prefers to sulk in self pity and pretend she’s fine when I can
clearly see she’s not, so I did what was best for her and told her
to go.”
“ You sound like you’re
pretty bummed about it.”
“ I am. A part of me wants to
run back up there to the suite and stop her from packing her bags
because I know that’s what she’s doing, especially since I gave her
an out. Then another part of me wants her to go. I’ve never had to
chase a woman before. And after all I’ve done – joining the GHC
site just to get a chance to talk to her, visiting her store and
buying out inventory just to be able to talk to her for five
minutes, she’s
he juggled all kind of thoughts twirling around in his head. He
didn’t want to be too firm for her, but he had to do something
drastic so she knew he meant business.
“ How is this supposed to
work, Emily, when you won’t make an attempt to try.”
“ I am trying,” she shot back.
“ How? How are you trying
when every time I tell you to participate in group, you refuse to
take part in the program.”
“ I just need
time.”
“ Time?”
“ Yes. Time. I can’t do
everything on your timeframe, Dante. I know you want me to
magically forget about Melvin overnight—”
“ No. That’s not what I
want.”
“ Then what do you want?”
“ Why ask me what I want when your actions
have proven you don’t care?”
Emily shook her head. She’d already had a
headache and she hated feeling pressured like this by Dante.
“Dante, please. My life is already messed up enough to go back and
forth with you over a bunch of nonsense.”
“ Nonsense? Getting your life
together is nonsense?”
“ My life is just
fine.”
“ Yeah. Keep telling yourself
that. Maybe one day you’ll believe it.”
“ I already do believe it. I
certainly don’t need you telling me otherwise, like you know
me.”
“ I do know you!” he snapped.
“I spent three months of my life knowing you, Emily. I don’t know
every single detail of your life history, but what I do know is you’re living
in denial and until you make some changes, you’re going to continue
being miserable and lonely.”
“ I’m not mis—”
“ And don’t tell me you’re
not miserable because I see it every time I look into your eyes.
All I wanted you to do was give this trip your all, but you refuse
to participate, just like you refuse to wear the ring I hand picked
for you...it’s been on the nightstand since the ceremony last
Saturday. And just to think I used to pride myself on having the
acute ability to read people, but I failed with you because I
thought you had feelings for me, but I see now that I was horribly
mistaken. So you’re free to go. I’ll waive the breach of contract
penalty on your behalf. All you have to do is pack your bags and
run back home to your canned world of false hopes and dwindling
memories of a man who can’t love you anymore because he’s incapable
of doing such.”
Dante walked away from the door and soon
after, Emily heard him leave the suite.
Tears poured down her face at the
realization that she’d lost a good man in Melvin, but he was gone,
and now, she was on the verge of losing another good man, a living,
breathing, passionate one who’d just angrily dismissed himself from
her presence.
Chapter 21
Dante sat at a table out by the pool, trying
to cool off. He was on the phone with his brother Dimitrius; a pair
of Cartier sunglasses masking his worried eyes – worried that he
was about to lose the woman he’d waited so long for.
“ You told her to leave? The
woman you’ve been practically stalking for the last six months?”
Dimitrius asked. Dimitrius was the level-headed brother, the one
Dante could talk to about anything. The one who could offer some
good advice.
He drew in a breath and said, “Yeah, man. I
did. I told her to go.”
“ Why would you do something
like that?”
“ She just doesn’t get it.
She prefers to sulk in self pity and pretend she’s fine when I can
clearly see she’s not, so I did what was best for her and told her
to go.”
“ You sound like you’re
pretty bummed about it.”
“ I am. A part of me wants to
run back up there to the suite and stop her from packing her bags
because I know that’s what she’s doing, especially since I gave her
an out. Then another part of me wants her to go. I’ve never had to
chase a woman before. And after all I’ve done – joining the GHC
site just to get a chance to talk to her, visiting her store and
buying out inventory just to be able to talk to her for five
minutes, she’s
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