After ending the call, I returned to the estate and found Dante coming downstairs with my shawl in his hands.The moment he saw me, relief crossed his face.“Why were you outside for so long?”He wrapped the shawl around my shoulders and touched my cold cheek.“It gets chilly at night. You need to be careful.”Then he studied my face.“Elena, have you been crying?”He cupped my cheeks, his gaze lingering on my reddened eyes.“Who upset you?”The concern in his eyes didn’t look fake.Somehow, that only made it hurt more.“Dante, do you love me?”He paused, then lowered himself onto one knee and pressed my hand against his chest.“No one in this world knows the answer to that better than you.”“What if you betrayed me one day?”“That will never happen.”“But what if it did?”Dante held my gaze and answered slowly, each word deliberate.“Then let me die by my own family’s gun.”His heartbeat was steady beneath my palm. His eyes never wavered.He had already betrayed me, yet he still dared
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