Chapter 120. Is This What You Want?

He said nothing to her compliment as he slid off his jacket. "We won't leave until after dinner when it's the darkest. Enzo said it would be best so no one looks too closely."

"Okay." Doris nervously picked at her nails as he walked closer to her. He reached out to still her nervous hands. "I've been thinking about a lot of things."

"As usual." He said, the side of his mouth lifted slightly. Her blood pulsed loudly beneath his touch.

Doris sighed and laughed a little. "I just-I was thinking about you and-"

"Don't do a thing like that." He whispered. His eyes flickered to her mouth and she tried to force out all the dirty thoughts from her mind. "You'll only complicate it."

"I thought you hated me." Doris said as she looked down at their hands. She could feel his warm breath on her forehead. "I should hate you, shouldn't I?"

"Do you?"

Doris swallowed and shook her head no. He took her face in his hands and lifted her face to look up at