Heartbreak To Heiress

omehow I knew I had feelings for him. Something ha

lk. Sometimes we wouldn't even say much, just sit close. It fel

er since you came here... maybe not the first time though," he paused

my brow.

th. "You were. At the air

o me. And you were very rude abo

m not going to accept that it was

s softer with me. More open. Less guarded. And I saw it clearly now. From the outside, no one would

fingers, "is that I like being around you. I feel calmer.

me in there. I hesitated before walking in, unsure if I should

Some of them with suspicion. Some with judgm

nged around me. Her fake smile. Her narrowed eyes. She

t mattered when

me in a way I hadn't been

e else. I want the real you. I don't know what happened, but sin

red a

ething more

?" I

think it's too so

"I feel the same.

to my face. And

something neither of

to stop kissing him. His hands found my waist, holding me there, l

just sat like that,

icci still needed me. I had a job to d

ring my break to grab something. That's wh

ing his life ma

. Look how fast

trap him. Same as

ice was th

listened. Every word hit me harder than t

use deep down I was scared they were right. That I d

n I wal

uiet. They couldn'

rd. I took what I

sn't here for them. I knew what I fel

going a

e day just kept

led me. Her voice was sharp. She stood at the end of the h

peak with yo

r. She turned

something I don't want to take li

cold. She didn

uld know her place. Y

mach t

ink about it," she said.

"I beg yo

t. I will send you packing without a second thought. You don't belong in

ierced some

e, frozen. My eye

when it

ance with someone like him. Like I could fit i

be close, the woman standing in

e was the one that

d. I couldn't

Di Ricci

gentle as ever. "You loo

im weakly and

. "It can get overw

e into bed. Once he fell asleep, I w

ace him. I didn't know what to say. And honestly,

ir beside Mr Di Ricci's bed. I didn'

my should

en ignoring my c

worried.

outside

d. "And I think maybe this... whate

t me, not u

said, and my voice cracked

even mean?" His voice rose. H

curse. The first time was at the airport. This

ing for a sign that I w

id it. Qui

er? Is i

"No. I made the

just

lled down

stration poured out of him. He ran a

said. "You can't just sh

hair out of the way. His fingers brushed

," he said. "Don't act li

sed m

still hear L

s louder