"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 

"Look, I'm sorry but I didn't mean to do that. I have been really worried about coming here today because I don't know much about the company. I needed some kind of distraction and there you were.... I mean.... You understand what I mean... I don't mean that I just used you as a distraction.... I just mean that.... I don't even know. I'm rambling I know. I tend to keep on rambling when I'm nervous till someone stops me....and I feel like I'm saying the word 'mean' a lot" 


"Okay okay. Stop please" Dimitri said, and watched as she breathed deeply and buried her face in her hands. There was a brief silence while he studied her beneath distractingly think dark lashes, "I'm sorry too" he said finally, "I'm sorry I didn't ask. I guess we both just got caught up in the moment. That night with you.... It was beautiful...." he paused, and then added, "And I would gladly be there for you if you need me to distract you anytime" 


Chapter One Hundred and Fourty