Chapter 12. Rejection

Proserpina

His words left me stunned. I gaped at him in astonishment.

Was that it? We had just made the most breath-taking love, indulged in the most stupendous experience I had ever had ...and he was coolly asking me to leave?

My shock and my pain must have been evident on my face as I gazed at him.

With an exasperated shrug, he rose to his feet in a fluid movement and my eyes unwillingly trailed over his strong body, the body that had just dominated me with such force.

This can't be happening, screamed a voice inside me.

With his back turned to me, he began to move away and spoke in a harsh voice over his shoulder,

"Go home, little girl. You're out of your league here."

For a few moments, I couldn't believe what I had heard. But the finality in his demeanour as propelled me into action. Confused and humiliated, I tried to cover myself and realized that my dress was irreparably damaged. Torn brutally, in other words.<