Collateral Kiss
She pushed the lamb around with her fork, barely tasting the one bite she forced down.
Dante ate with precise, unhurried movements. The rhythm of his knife slicing through meat, the deliberate clink of his fork against porcelain, was maddeningly calm. It was as though nothing in the world could disturb him.
Finally, his voice broke the silence. “Do you know why I demanded that kiss from you?”
Her fork froze midway to her mouth. She set it down carefully, her throat tightening. “Because you enjoy controlling people?”
A chuckle rumbled low in his chest. “Control is useful, yes. But a kiss…” He leaned back, his eyes glinting. “A kiss doesn’t lie. Your lips tell me more than your words ever will
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