Chapter 25

**CHAPTER 25**

**"I'm sorry..."** she heard him sigh in woe.

"For what?" she asked coldly.

"For everything." Hades' grip on her became tighter and tighter as he spoke, his voice was getting lower and his breathing was becoming heavier and ragged. "... I'm sorry. Just please don't hate me," he bid.

She felt anger seeping back into her system, remembering what happened earlier. 'How dare he... after all he has done,' she thought but she remained quiet and remained rigid, she wasn't in the mood for another fight and she was tired.

They stayed like that for minutes, Hades was moping while she let her anger out by gripping on the edges of the island tightly that she could almost bury her fingernails on the hard surface. She scratched and gripped her fingers angrily against the surface until he raised his head to crash his lips against hers but she quickly turned away that caused the man's lips to land on her cheek instead.

Hades' lips remained in contact with her skin for a matter of seconds and were soon withdrawn, then replaced by a slightly warm cheek resting on her shoulder blade. She stayed motionless, letting him do what he wanted to do while keeping all the anger in. She thought at least he wasn't touching her where else inappropriate. She felt his hand clasp her left forearm and gently removed lifted it, she then felt as if he inserted something on her left hand's ring finger. Still, she ignored it and let him do whatever he wanted. She was feeling angry but was weak, she wanted to push him away but she couldn't. 'How could I keep up with this?' she asked herself.

"Dios mio..." someone gasped that rendered Hades to pull away from his embrace, which made Allison sigh in relief. Finally, she was free. She bobbed her head and saw a Hispanic woman looking at them with full aghast.

"Mrs. Navarro..." Hades stated coldly without even looking, his voice sounding angry.

"I...I apologize for disturbing you, Master. I must go!" said the frantic old maid before scurrying away.

He turned his head and their eyes met. Allison observed that his eyes looked lost, it was as if he was looking for something. Not soon, she lost a glimpse of Hades' stormy orbs when he closed his eyes, dropped his head then sighed.

"We should go to bed," he said and held her by the waist to pull her down from the island but she swatted his hand away from touching her skin.

"What do you mean we?" she asked nervously and hoped that he would not be sleeping in the same room as her.

"We. You and me, in one bed, sleeping."

"No."

"Please, love. We're going to be married soon. We should start getting used to each other like this," he said, inching closer to her and held her hand, clasping their fingers like how teenagers in love would do when walking together on dates.

Looking at her small and slender fingers entwined with his, she almost heaved a heavy sigh to remove the crawling heavy feeling in her chest. It reminded her of Dane. They used to hold hands all the time like they were inseparable. Whenever they would pull away, she would always itch for his hand's warmth and she would always hold him again. She used to.

"W... wait." She removed her hand from his grasp and placed her hands on his chest to push him away slightly. The proximity between them was making her uncomfortable. "I think this is going too fast," she said, looking away before adding: "Do you have any guest rooms available where I could sleep then?"

"I never had visitors coming over for a night's stay, so I never thought of having on built."

"Oh..."

"I'll be sleeping on the sofa," he said that made her ears perk up, and her nervousness dissipate. Sleeping with him in one room sounded a bad idea, especially after evading his failed attempts to kiss her. Well, the recent was the one that truly failed. But even so, hopefully, he doesn't do anything when she was fast asleep.

Allison held her hands together. No. She shouldn't trust him just because he said he would not be sleeping on the same bed as her. "No."

"Yes?"

"No. You might do something to me while I'm asleep."

"Love, that's common sense. Of course, I won't do anything."

"Really, then is suddenly kissing me common sense?" she asked, referring to what happened earlier in the car, and the pantry as well.

The man's eyes were suddenly filled with remorse and shame. "I... I apologize about that," he said in a small voice.

"That doesn't change the fact that I'm unwilling to stay the night with you in one room. Good night," she said before walking out. She knew she sounded rude but she couldn't bear the possibility that she would be taken advantage of again, so what she could do to ensure her safety was to least care. Surely Hades would find a way to have room to sleep in.

As she was walking back to the room, she took a glimpse at her left hand and noticed that something was on her ring finger. A silver, diamond engagement ring.

It was raining hard. Allison and Dane were running to somewhere dry and sheltered, both were covering themselves under his thick jacket, running fast on the puddled street with their feet stepping gratingly, causing splashes of water to saturate their shoes and legs. Finally, they found an empty waiting shed and scurried towards there. As soon as they arrived, she sat on the shed's bench, opening her bag hastily to find her handkerchief while he meticulously placed his jacket on the bench's arm before sitting beside her.

"Well, that didn't end well," said Dane to her as he flashed her a small, comforting smile. They were having a date at the park when it suddenly began to pour cats and dogs. The sudden drizzle was unexpected since the weather forecast said it wouldn't be a bright and sunny day, but who knew this would happen? The weather's like decisions, it would suddenly change.

When she found the handkerchief, she looked at him, shivering, and gave him back a smile. "Here," she offered him the woven fabric. She was wet and cold but Dane was having it worse.

"Thank you," he thanked before taking the handkerchief and wiping it unto himself. She watched him as he wiped himself, his dirty blonde hair was extremely wet and his face was pale but it was no situation to admire his handsome features. Her poor boyfriend was shivering because of the shrill coldness given by the heavy drizzle, some parts of her clothes were damp but Dane's were completely soaked.

He looked at her and gave her a silly smile."Checking me out?" He asked playfully.

She rolled her eyes with a slight blush. "In your dreams."

"I know you're liking the view anyway," he gave her a flirtatious wink and they laughed. A warm feeling fluttered in her heart, she wanted more moments with him like this. She wanted more memories to make with him. She wanted more laughs with him. She wanted to stay forever with him. Even though it seemed impossible, she was willing to make 'forever' possible

The laughter soon ended when his phone began to buzz. He fished his phone out from his pocket to check who was the caller. She saw his eyes widen and his smile suddenly flipped into a frown. He stared at the phone until she spoke, "Aren't you going to answer that?"

He looked reluctantly at her for a second, enough for her to see the hesitation in his eyes. He gave his attention back to his ringing phone before answering, "No." He then rejected the call and placed the phone back in his wet pocket then they began to talk as they wait for the drizzle to stop.

As they talked, she noticed that Dane wasn't paying attention and was spacing out. She was the only one who was talking while he was staring in the middle of nowhere, only giving her nods and small smiles. The way he was acting made her worry, he started acting like that after the phone call. 'Who was the person calling that made him like that?' she wondered.

"Dane," she called. He turned his head and asked, "Yes?"

"You're spacing out again," she pouted. Dane let out a light chuckle before leaning to her, pressed her chin with his thumb, and kissed her senselessly.

"Sorry, I was thinking about something," he apologized.

"Thinking about what?" she asked that caught him off guard. She saw his Adam's apple went up and down, like what she asked was a million-dollar question. 'I wonder what he is thinking,' Allison thought, feeling that he was hiding something from her.

"Dane?"

"Yes?"

"Is there something you want to tell me?"