chapter Sixty Eight

He paused, his eyes narrowed into slits as he stared at me. He was shutting down again. I refuse to let him, not after all those things he said. "What?" he asked. "You heard me, don't act like you don't." I snapped. His eyes narrowed even more but I met his stare, not flinching once. "What do you want, Catalina?" he asked, I kept mute, we were not playing this game. "You want to be with me?" he asked impatiently. I nodded, slowly this time. His face lit up but he clamped down on a smile that was threatening to take over his lips. He pulled on his briefs and sat back down on the bed beside me taking my hand in his. "I missed you, kitten. When you told me you didn't want to marry me, I was mad. So mad that I desperately searched for a more willing slave." My heart divided into two, I was not expecting to hear that. "But I kept thinking about you. It wasn't the marriage I wanted. I wanted you. And I still want to marry you." he said. "You do?" I was confused. A few minutes ago he wanted