"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 

"Okay..." Daniel said. "You have said a lot of things to me... But I gotta say...I was not expecting you to say that.... What the hell does that even mean?" 


"Nothing" Emma replied, angry with herself for saying something. Angry at herself for letting him know just how much seeing him with Michelle had affected her. "It didn't mean anything. Forget I said that" 


"Oh I won't... You can't just say something like that and expect me to forget it... I won't forget you said that... So just answer my question... What made you say that?" he asked 


"I said forget it". She repeated. "I don't care anyways" 


"I hate to point this out, honey, but it sounds like you do". 


He smiled when she didn't reply. He stepped closer. 


"All that passion brings out your fabulous color. You are fascinating, Emma. All woman. I'm concerned about you. That is a new one for me". He said with mild surprise. 


Chapter Three Hundred and Seventy Five