Previously on Chapter 25

I made my way to open the door but it was slammed shut again by Colton. I quickly turned around and before I could say anything, he slammed his lips on mine. I tried to push him away but he held my hands above my head and continued kissing me. His insistent mouth was parting my shaking lips, sending wild tremors along my nerves. I gripped his shirt tightly as I tried to push him away but he did not move at all. When he realised I was not fighting anymore, he circled his arms around me and pulled me in for a deeper kiss. Tears slowly streamed down my face as I did not know what or how to feel anymore.

Chapter 26

Anna's POV

"Please stop...." I beg between his kisses. I can't do this any longer. My heart was numb, I don't know what pain was like anymore.

He carefully loosens his grip and stares confusingly into my eyes. "Wh-"

"I know you hate me. But I can't do this anymore. It's killing me. One second, you look at me like you want to kill me and can't wait to get rid of me. Another second, you're kissing me. I don't know what to do anymore," I whimpered, dropping to my knees and covering my face. I began to cry with the force of a person vomiting on all fours, releasing the stress and sadness I've held inside of me ever since he appeared in my life again.

"Anna... " Colton kneels down in front of me after a while and caresses my hands that was covering my face seconds ago. I look up at him with my red eyes, his eyes widen for a fraction, then they soften even more. Our faces are just a few inches away from each other. The tips of our noses are almost touching.

"One date with you," he says. "And I'll let you go,"

"Forever," he added reluctantly after a while.

"What?" My eyes widen in disbelief. What is he planning? One date with me? Did he lose his memory or something? Did he forget that he looked like he almost wanted to strangle me to death in his office few days ago?

He groans, running his hand through his fair hair.

"You're excused from the party. I'll get Christine to take you back to your hotel room now," he says as he slowly makes his way to the exit.

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When I reach my room, my legs start to shake and I hold onto the wall beside me for support as I slowly make my way to the bed. I just sit at the edge of the bed for a long time. I don't know what to feel. I touch my lips slowly. Tracing my lower lip, I could still feel the tingle. I can smell his cologne on me.

I don't know how long I've been sitting there when I suddenly hear my phone starts ringing. I stare at my phone for a long time as I frown at the caller ID. I slide to the right and accept the call eventually.

"Meet me at the lobby tomorrow at 10am," he said and immediately hung up after that.

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I get dressed in a white tank top and a white Gucci cardigan that I received as a gift from Quinn, matched with a navy blue tight jeans and a white sneakers. I had minimal makeup on and tied my hair into a high bun. I sigh in heavy breath and slowly make my way to the elevator. I can feel my hands shaking. Nothing will go wrong, Anna. It's just a date. He probably needed you to do a favour for him. After all, you're just business to him.

I sigh heavily as I spotted him just outside the hotel entrance, smoking. When did he start smoking? Was it because of what happened to us? Was it because of stress? He was dressed casually today, in a black jeans and a black Balenciaga hoodie.

He was conversing with a man outside as they were smoking and suddenly, his eyes turn to me. Watching me. I try to ignore his gaze as I slowly make my way to him but it's not really working.

His pale blue eyes vivid and brilliant, focus solely on me. He's so beautiful it hurts. I heaved, reminding myself to breath. Keep breathing, Anna.

He opens the passenger door for me and I thanked him quietly under my breath. He walks to the driver seat with his eyes on me the whole time. This man is gonna be the death of me. Whatever he's doing to me, this needs to stop.

"Why are you doing this?" I finally ask him.

He stays silent a bit longer with eyes fixed on the road, I thought he's not going to answer my question. "Like I said, Anna. I want one date with you. Let's put everything that happened in the past behind us for today. And act like a normal couple just for a day. I'll let you go after that. I promised I won't mess up your life again,"

I just stared at him with confusion and shock like he's just grown extra two heads beside him. He sighs as he took a glimpse at me.

"I need this, Anna."

And I suddenly understand what he meant. He needed a closure. For us. We were never a normal couple to begin with. We've always had obstacles, people or matters, between us and we haven't even really had a simple date. He just wanted us to be normal. Just for a day. Where there's no one around us. But us.

"What about Olivia?" I suddenly came to the realisation that Olivia was supposed to be at the party yesterday evening too.

"I told Christine to cancel her flight. She never came. Let's just forget about the others, can we?" He grunts impatiently at the mention of Olivia. I just nodded and kept quiet throughout the whole journey. Maybe this could do some good for us. A closure for both of us before we moved on with our lives. A normal day for us. A normal date for us. Like any other couples.

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That day, we went to many places. We went for our brunch and took a short walk to Via Santa Margherita to have this popular gelato that everyone's been talking about. Instead of ordering two, we ordered a cup to share but it was a bad idea. Because we were already playing scissors paper stone on who gets to have the last mouth. I won by the way.

After that, we went to Sforza Castle. I've always loved old museums and Colton knew about it. We managed to explore the underground passage that leads to the moats. I never thought I could see Colton smile and laugh genuinely in front of me again.

We then went to watch a romcom movie, like a normal couple, held hands in the theatre and laughed together when the funny scenes came up. I was laughing so hard I started tearing up. Deep down inside my heart, I knew why I was tearing up but I decided to push away the thought for today. Today is gonna be me and Colton. Just me and him. Nobody else.

We had an early dinner at Brera and our last stop was Naviglio Grande. Colton held my hands possessively, not wanting to let go, afraid that I'll get lost in the big crowd.

"It's beautiful," I smiled with happiness as I stood near the bridge with him, watching the sunset. I can feel his eyes on me the whole time, intense and searing, willing me to look at him. My heart is galloping so fast in my chest, it's hard to breathe. It takes everything in me not to look back at him because I knew if I were to look into those pale blue eyes now, I might not be able to control my feelings any longer.

I missed him so much it hurts.

"Anna," he whispers quietly. The sound of my name on his lips sends shiver down my body. The tone of his voice sounds different now, like he's starving for me. I look up and our eyes locked.

The look on his beautiful face almost makes me tear up again. The adoration, the yearning, the desperation and a lot more. All the feelings I've been battling and bottling inside. This time, it was me who stood on my toes to kiss him and he claimed his reward immediately. He slides his hand into my hair, cupping the back of my neck, as if he was afraid that I might back out soon.

His lips are soft but firm, gentle yet insistent, demanding, and possessive. His tongue pushes through my lips to explore my mouth. He lets out the sexiest moan at the back of his throat and his mouth grows more insistent and hungrier. He slants my head to deepen the kiss and slides his arms around my waist to pull me even closer to him.

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They kissed passionately under the open sky, lost in a bubble of time and space, not even noticing the heavy waterfalls started pouring down on them while they were getting soaking wet.

Author's Note -
Hello guys! I'm picking this book up again because I've been receiving lots of requests on my social media. I decided to drop this book few years back because I couldn't find it in myself to finish it as I was going through a rough relationship. But now, I'm picking it back up and will finish it. I'll try to update everyday as of now. Please bear with me if there is any grammatical mistakes in the future chapters as I haven't been writing for a long time. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the rest of the chapters that are coming <3 Please stay safe and take care.