Chapter 7. The View Is Just as Tantalizing

BELLADONNA

But my excitement didn't last because as soon as his eyes dropped to my lips, he looked away, pulling back and taking his sweet warmth with him. 

Disappointment twisted like a snake in my guts, but I wouldn't back down. 

Even though it was just my first time seeing this man, I wanted him. He was fire and ice and I wanted him to burn and freeze me. And I always get what I want. I would go an extra mile if it meant getting it. 

My therapist had said it was a coping mechanism, a defense I'd built after what happened years back. 

But Lillian could go shove it. She didn't know anything. I just pay her for nothing. 

“Running away, II mio futuro marito?” I asked, taking off my heels and carrying them in my hand as I slowly walked after him, not trying to catch up. “Though the view of your back is just as tantalizing, so I can't complain.” 

He said nothing, just kept walking. Then, “Do you want this marriage,