Chapter 10...

I had been waiting quite a while for this moment. No matter how long or hard I tried to deny it to myself, I was falling in love with Christian Ozera. And right now. He was about to kiss me.

I closed the final gap between us. It started out nice and sweet, then soon got more intense. I could tell by the way he was kissing me now, he also had been waiting a while to do this. This kiss held so much. Power. Release. Love. I never thought any of those words I would use to describe Christian, and yet here I was. Kissing him. And boy, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

Without breaking the kiss, he pushed me down onto the bed. He came up for air and stared into my eyes. The intensity travelled between us simply by our eye contact, not just our kissing. I had only ever felt this kind of connection with Dimitri, and I never thought I would have anything like it again.

I didn't have much to ponder it though, as Christians lips found mine again. This kiss lasted much longer. Our lips moved in synchronisation as I pulled on the back of his neck to deepen this further. His hands moved from my waist and entangled themselves in my hair.

Suddenly a clearing of a throat stopped us. A sound that was horribly familiar had interrupted us. Christian hadn't moved off from on top of me yet, so I simply turned my head to the side.

"Yes, Dimitri?" I asked him.

He looked rather startled at having just seen me and Christian in quite an intense make out session. He just stared. Seemingly unable to move. After a couple of seconds he shook his head and snapped out of it.

"What are you doing?" he asked, clearly exasperated.

Me and Christian just looked at each other, until I had the guts to speak up. "What does it look like we're doing?" I asked him with a smirk.

He just stared at me, disgusted. "It looks like you are kissing Christian Ozera, when you should be guarding him." Dimitri said in his guardian voice. "Something you should not be doing." He said bluntly.

"Something I shouldn't be doing! Something I shouldn't be doing!" I exclaimed taken aback. "To be honest Dimitri, I think you know quite a bit about doing something you shouldn't, especially something like getting into a relationship with someone inappropriate!" I shouted at him.

"It's none of you business what Rose does anyway. You lost the right to boss Rose about a long time ago." Christian said. He had finally gotten off me, and came to stand next to me. I realised that I had moved to stand in front of Dimitri. The look of rage on my face must have been indescribable. By the look on Christian's face, I could tell that it was.

"What's going on here?" Tasha demanded, walking through the door to find me and Christian staring at Dimitri.

"I…" I stammered.

She turned to Dimitri. "What does she mean that you know something about forbidden relationships. Why don't you have the right to tell Rose what to do?" She looked at him expectantly.

He just stared. Incapable of speech. So I spoke for him. "Look. Me and Dimitri used to be in a relationship. He left me to be with you, that's why I haven't been talking to him like normal. Just acting like a jealous teenager I guess." I said gently. Christian just looked at me aghast.

"Rose!" Christian began. "You know that's not-"

I elbowed him. "Yes." I hissed. "It is."

Tasha just stood the looking dumbstruck. "Is this true Dimitri?" She asked looking hurt.

"Yes, Tasha I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just didn't think I would ever need to." He looked down.

"It's okay. I guess." Tasha began. "I'm just hurt you didn't tell me. Do you want to come with me? I think we should talk about it." She said to Dimitri, and we both left the room.

I dared to peek at Christian. The look of outrage on his face showed everything. I knew exactly what was coming. He was going to ask me why on Earth I had defended Dimitri like that. Honestly, I wasn't quite sure myself. But as I heard the words I was speaking, some realisation did come into my head. Dimitri had chosen Tasha over me, and there was nothing I could do about it. I was acting like a jealous teenager, when I should be trying to be civilized and not start something like I just had. I didn't want to ruin Dimitri's career, or Tasha's happiness. I couldn't change Dimitri's decision, I just had to live by it.

"What the hell did you do that for!" Christian all but shouted at me.

"Look, just calm down and listen to me." I said gently. I didn't quite dare and go over to him just yet. I was still scared by the look in his eyes. "I did what I did because it was somewhat the truth okay. Dimitri did pick Tasha over me. It was his choice to make, and he made it. I am acting like a jealous teenager, because I can't take the fact that he picked her over me, but it's something I have to deal with. I don't want to take away Tasha's happiness because of my jealousy." I explained to him.

His anger softened throughout my explanation, and by the end of it, he was hugging me. "I just can't believe you would be nice enough to help him after all the hurt he put you through." Christian said to me gently.

"It's nice to know that I have made other people happy, because I am going to be suffering anyway." I whispered.

Christian pulled back from me. He looked me in the eyes, then moved his face towards mine again. His lips touched mine, and all my pain went away for a moment. When we had both pulled back, I chuckled. "If that's what I'm going to get when I stick up for my ex-boyfriend, I think I'll do it more often." I said. "So, where do think Adrian is?" I asked winking.

He just turned to me and smiled. "You don't need to do anything for me to want to do that again." he said huskily. Then he kissed me again.