"Five years and that's all you have to say to me?" he asked. Standing so close she could taste his breath.

She wanted to move away from him. But she didn't want him to know just how much he affected her. So she stood right there. She wasn't going to let him intimidate her.


"Well... Is there anything else you want me to say?" she asked 

The side of his mouth moved upwards.

He was smiling? Why the hell was he smiling like that? She thought. She didn't remember saying anything funny.

"You left... Kitty" he said. "I asked you to stay... Begged you to stay... And you left anyways.. With him. And now you come back... Acting like everything is okay between us...?"

There was something about him... She thought. Something about the way he called her 'Kitty' that made her heart flip. He was the only one who called her that. She hadn't even realized how much she missed him calling her that. 

"You shouldn't have gone with him". He said. 

"Oh really? Why not? Because you didn't want me to?" she asked. She was starting to get angry. 

"Yeah that's right" he replied. "And because of what you felt for me -what we felt for each other. When I came near you, you felt an excitement so intense that you ceased to breathe --like you are feeling right now. You wanted me just as much as I wanted you. And that should have been enough to make you stay"

ALWAYS BEEN YOU 

And now she was here. He had regretted not asking for her number. He had regretted not trying at least to ask her on a date.... Maybe see if they could make their one night stand adventure a little longer, and now it was like he had been given another chance with her. He wouldn't screw it up, he decided. And he had a feeling that this was going to fun. 


Would she even remember him? He suddenly wondered, Or was this something she usually did? Sleep with a random guy she had no plans to see again? 


Raymond Darcy was speaking again, and Dimitri forced himself to concentrate. 


"..... I would like to introduce you all to my daughter, Kelly Darcy. Who will be joining us from today. She's an amazing human with a wonderful personality and I know you are all going to enjoy working with her" 


Dimitri smiled at that last comment. Oh, he planned to enjoy working with her alright, he thought. 


Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Six