Chapter 34: I Hate To Love You, Diane
"N-no?" Diane stuttered.
Her lips couldn't stop trembling as she looked at Gabriel with her wet eyes.
"Yes, Diane. No."
"But you hate me…you said you hate me, so why would you keep me with you? You said I'm a thief, will betray you again…"
"Because…you know, I thought about it over, and over again…" Gabriel's voice was deep, low and slow.
"What is there to think about?"
"I wanted to destroy your life, to keep you under my leash for what you did to me in the past. I wanted to tear you apart and feed you to the hungry dogs, operate you on my table, leave you even bigger scars…"
"The-then why don't you?" Diane lowered her head, and clutched her bag tighter.
"Because I fucking can't…"
Gabriel took a step closer, his intense stare focused on Diane only.
His jaw tightened as he tried to control the internal struggle raging inside him.