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“I know.”
“Have you actually considered that getting involved with her could ruin what we’re doing to find out what her father is up to?”
Everything he's saying is right.Everything.So why can't I unravel her from my mind?
“I won’t let that happen and fuck things up,” I promise. I can’t let that happen no matter what I feel for Serenity. Her father has to pay for what he did. He’s only not dead because I need to find out his secrets.
“You like her.” It’s not a question.
“Yes.” There’s no point trying to deny it.
“Been a long time since you liked anybody, Dante. But this girl is…”
“Not for me?” I fill in but I don’t want to believe it.
“She’s a risk. And there’s going to come a time when you have to make that choice. We’ve all been there.” He clenches his jaw and stares me down, the lost look in his eyes speaks of Olivia again reminding me that when he had to make the choice he’s talking about, hedidn’tchoose her.
“I know.”
“I suggest you use the time Jason’s away to fuck whatever you feel for this girl out of your system. She’s too much of a risk Dante. You know I wouldn’t say anything otherwise, but I wouldn’t be a friend to you if I didn’t stop you from setting yourself up for a fall. And her, too.”
“I know. And I got it. You don’t have to worry about me.” That sounds like a lie, but it has to be the truth for the moment.
He dips his head respectfully. “Alright. I’ll see you later.”
I nod. With that, Virgo walks away leaving me to my thoughts.
The door closes. The sound of it snapping shut grounds me to the spot.
If I take the option to fuck whatever I feel out of my system then I’ll have approximately twelve days with Serenity.
Twelve mere days. Then the right thing to do would be to pull the plug.
But can I do it if resisting her has already been so hard?
I think at that point I might not have a choice.
I suppose, though, in the grand scheme of things choice is the least of my worries. Everything I do next to take Jason down will make Serenity hate me.
Then nothing will matter.
She would hate me if she found out about the vendetta I have against her father and it wouldn’t be that difficult to figure out that the reason we met in the first place was because of him.
It wouldn’t matter that I was real with her.
That reasoning should be enough to make me stop this madness, but the part of me who can’t let her go just yet would rather take whatever time I have with her than have nothing at all.
Chapter23
Serenity
“O.M.G.” Harper’s voice is so loud and high I have to move the phone away from my ear. Even then I can still hear her as loud as if she were right beside me screaming. “You have to tell me absolutely everything anddon't youdare, dare, dare leave any part out, Serenity Bell.”
Her excitement has come on the wings of one simple message I sent to her earlier, letting her know I slept with Dante.A lot.
“I won’t.” I give myself a cheeky smile, lean back against the fluffy white cushion on my sofa and stare mindlessly at the swirling patterns on the living room ceiling. My mind whirls with each swirl when I think over the seriously R- rated weekend I had and excitement courses through me.
“You better not. Look at the trouble we had to go through just to speak to each other.”
