myeyes felt as if they were about to pop out of my head and my cheeksfelt like they were on fire I held his arm

"Don't.You. Dare." I warned "he will skin you alive and wear yourbleeding hide as a cloak" he chuckled

"youonly live once yes?" he winked at me

"Dimitridon't" I pleaded he smiled pulling out of my grip

"tryand stop me sweet heart"

hewalked across the ball room with the posture and authority of a king.a small smile appeared on his face as he greeted my father shakinghis hand and kissing the back of my mothers hand my mother smiledturning to my father and resting a hand on his arm as she began totalk to him my father looked shocked as he looked to Dimitri who wassmiling at them both they spent many more a minute talking to eachother before dimitri turned from them and them looked to me he walkedback over them like we had never met before ... he held out his handand I rested mine in his then he placed a soft kiss on the back of myhand I raised an eyebrow

"why"I asked simply

"well"he said still bowed down looking at my hand like it was the mostfacanating object on this earth "I said I wanted to meet theirdaughter so here I am"

Irolled my eyes gently pulling my hand away from him as hestraightened himself I smiled as he held his arm out too me

"shallwe walk and talk" he asked

"weshall" I told him

linkingmy arm with his and we walked to the other side of the room out ofsite of my pearents and prying eyes of the guests so we hid behindone of the large pot plants laughing quietly I looked to him and hesmiled I smiled back and his smiled slowly faded and an unknownemotion flickered through his eyes as he slowly leaned towards me hegrabbed my chin slowly tilting my chin up so I was looking at him hehe stopped when his lips were a hairs breath away from mine

"canI kiss you?" He asked

and Itook in a sharp breath and before I could do anything his lipscrashed into mine I silenced a yelp of surprise as his lips dominatedmine in a short passonite kiss he pulled away slowly with a smile

"youknow what" he asked quietly

aftera few seconds I looked at him with hooded eyes

"hrm"

"Ithink I love you" he said

Iopened my mouth to say it back but his mouth closed over mine againand I kissed back my hands creeping under his shirt

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