CH.10



The party was near the end and Annie found herself alone, sit near the counter, bent on it with a beer in her hand. She was exhausted, it had been a terrible night. "Did you enjoy yourself" a voice from her shoulders suddenly said, making her start. She recognised the tone. That's all I needed to complete this night, she thought snorting.

"A lot" she said flatly with a grimace without moving from her position while Dom sit nearby her to the counter.

She finally turned to look at him. He looked so relaxed. He must have had fun that night.

"Do you like it" Dom motioned his head indicating the beer she got in her hand.

"No. But someone told me that after a while you get used to the taste and you find it good" she frankly said.

He smiled. He liked her way to be so direct and at the same time her shyness. A strange cocktail that attracted and stimulated him a lot. "So why you continue" he simply said shrugging, like he found her very amusing.

"Don't know" she breathed deeply: " Maybe I want to get drunk and forget this fucking night!" she replied bothered. He looked so damn calm and his tone made her feel worst. He had had to pass some good time with Letty obviously, she thought feeling really sad.

"Oh, oh! Things didn't go like you expected" he said looking so damn satisfied. It wasn't a true question but more as a statement.

She straightened up, looking right and left as to search for something: "Don't have no more guests with which to talk" asked Annie sharply and came back looking annoyed at him. He grinned. She drank another swallow of beer. She grimaced. Disgusting. Hector was wrong, thought Annie: it still tasted terrible.

"C'mon! You've drunk enough. Let's dance" he suddenly said after having watched her attentively and without waiting for her reply he grabbed her by her wrist and dragged her to the dance floor.

"Noo! Don't want it!" she said complaining while they were reaching the dance floor.

"Stop always to protest!" said Dom sliding his hands around her waist and pushing her against his muscled body. He held her in his arms while the stereo played a soft slow music. ("All by myself") She hesitantly put her hands on his powerful chest and they slowly started to move following the music.

"Why are you doing this to me" she said a bit of exasperation and tension in her voice: "Why are you torturing me?" she said almost complaining.

He looked at her for a while with an indecipherable look almost wrong footed by her words, than a little grin appeared on his lips and he tightened his hold.

"Where is Letty" she asked trying to look around her worried.

He lowered his head his lips came near to her ear "ush" he simply said. She closed her eyes shivering. He couldn't do that to her fragile balance of her feelings. He could be tempting as a snake, she thought.

His nose lingered near her earlobe "You smell so good" he told her softly.

It was a pain. She'd dreamt for this, but she couldn't be there: he was still with Letty. "Please..let me go" she begged him in a whisper she wasn't sure she could resist for no more long time.

"No" he replied pushing her more against himself. "Relax" he told her looking in her eyes. He got something of magnetic in them.

They stared at each other for a long while, letting their eyes talk for them, then slowly she surrendered and leaned her head against him while he caressed her back. It was a delicious sensation. She closed her eyes, giving herself the stupid.. Why I cannot resist him, thought Annie worried. She felt so good and protected in his arms, all the world seemed to disappear. His touch. melted her like ice to the sun. It was all so perfect now. I want to. dream.only for tonight. Only for tonight,. told Annie to herself she whispered in such a low tone that Dom wasn't sure she could have said something. She finally let her going in his arms dandled from the sweet sensations that Dom's hands were giving her.

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