"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 

He found her in the balcony, leaning on the rails. She was wearing a short pink nightwear. And she looked so damn sexy. Dimitri swallowed hard. She looked lost in her thoughts that she didn't even notice him standing there, so he moved a little closer. 


"Kelly" he said softly, and she turned immediately, looking startled. 


"Gosh. Why do you always do that, Dimitri" she asked, as her hand lifted to her chest. 


"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you" Dimitri said, "You weren't in the bedroom so I came looking for you. Are you alright?" 


She couldn't meet his gaze, so she turned away from him and continued to look out. 


Dimitri took a few steps closer, "Look, Kelly. You don't have to.. We don't have to... Do anything tonight if you don't want to. I totally understand, and I'm willing to wait until you get used to this. I'm trying to do the same too. Can you just come back to bed? You must be freezing out here." 


Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Three