He was really conflicted and distressed with what is happening right now… minutes ago he was planning on cooking her something and then having this talk with her to avoid situations like this but how the events just turned around in the span of some minutes and he is left speechless.
He didn’t expect that he would react to her presence around him and her just being close to him the way he did minutes ago.
Why he couldn’t push her away immediately she touched him or even gave him a full hug… why he let her come near him was something he can’t just understand yet.
Maybe he still feels something for her… or not. Maybe he is just hung on to why she did those things she did and wanted an explanation as to why she did those so that he could give peace to his mind.
She wasn’t supposed to affect him like she always did when they were together… its had been years and with all the things she did all those years, it was enough to put someone off from them but in his case, he felt some little feelings he thought he had disposed of a long time ago.
She caused them chaos in the past and she never failed to do just that again. Now her actions and what she said might cause harm to the relationship he and Audriana are trying to build.
Seeing Audriana in the state she is in presently, makes him want to cry and go over to her so that he could bring her into his warm embrace and explain things better to her.
‘Why aren’t you doing what you are thinking of doing and just standing there without saying anything or making a move to clear things up?’ his mind screamed this question and he just couldn’t answer.
Instead, he stood there and watch her hurt from what she saw and heard from his ex. He couldn’t bear to see her hurt for anything because, in all truth, nothing actually happened but seeing that she told him about Daniella’s evil-doing to her dad’s company and what she said earlier, would make anyone think something was up.
He shook his head and took a step toward her but she threw him a hard glare for him to stop in his tracks so he decided to open his mouth.
“Loveth nothing happened,” he said and she let out a chuckle as a tear slipped out of her eye.
“Really? Then why were you guys in the manner I saw you in? Why couldn’t you say anything when she spoke? Why did you tense when she mentioned your ‘daughter’? Why did you look sad when you looked at her say all those? I need an explanation Dimitri” she said and crossed her arms.
“Nothing happened… whatever you saw moments ago… is nothing, nothing that you should be worried about… we… there is nothing between us” he assured her but she wasn’t believing any of it.
“Nothing I should worry about? Dimitri, I saw you both and… and the way… the way you… you looked at her an-an-and how confident she looked when she mentioned about you both, I don’t understand” she threw her hands up in the air.
“It can be con-” he took a step closer to her but stopped when she held her hands up for him to stop and that shut him up too.
“Don’t come anywhere near me… why didn’t you tell me? Why did you leave this part out of everything you told me, if you actually told me all” she crossed her arms and frowned at him.
“Love-”
“Don’t call me that” she swallowed hard and shook her head to keep her focus straight and not give in to how bad she was shaking and light-headed she felt.
“Please hear me out”
Maybe if she listened to him, this pounding headache might stop and she might stop feeling weird.
“I am listening”
“Come and have a si-”
“I am fine where I am” she interrupted him and wanted to smack her head for refusing the offer to relieve herself from this weirdness and headache.
He let out a sigh and closed his eyes as he took in deep breaths and let them out, then opened his eyes and began.
“I have known Daniella for a long time now” he stated and she glared at him so he continued. “She used to be my fiancée”
A sigh left her lips and she closed her eyes to take in a deep breath and let them out then she nod her head for him to continue and he did so.
“All I can say about her is that she is really crazy and… and she did crazy things that made us go our separate ways in the past”
“I don’t want to open old wounds but why didn’t you tell me? Why did you let me find out by myself?” she opened her eyes and looked at him sadly and saw how sad he looked too.
The sudden urge to spill her guts came again and she began breathing through her mouth to prevent herself from doing such.
Dimitri could see how uneasy and weird out she was but didn’t want to come closer and anger her again. He needed to get the air clear so that she doesn’t feel like she has a competition when it comes to him.
“Love, all of that is in the past and I know that I should have told you something or hinted it to you but…”
“You couldn’t… why?” she had managed to even her breathing and the urge she felt seconds ago.
“I… Love…”
“It wasn’t just the fact that she was bad news that you wanted me to stop hanging out with her… you didn’t want me finding out that you both had a history and who knows” she laughed sarcastically and shrugged her shoulders.
“You… you might have known what her stupid plan was and kept quiet because you didn’t actually care and… and that was why you asked how well my and dad’s company was doing? Because you knew?” she asked hoping her stupid assumptions were just her putting too much meaning into things.
His eyes widened by what she said and he shook his head and took the remaining steps towards her, ignoring how she moved backward to be away from him and held her by her arms.
“No… no, no Love…” he shook his head and watched tear after tear roll down her cheeks as she looked at him accusingly.
“Please don’t think like that, I would never do anything of such to hurt you and your family or anyone, please believe me… I didn’t know that she did those things to your company not until you told me… I hadn’t even seen her since that party and not until today” he said.
She closed her eyes and sighed in relief that it wasn’t true… she was sure that he wouldn’t do harm to her and can’t be a snake-like his ex.
“Why didn’t you tell me? Do you still have feelings for her? Do you… do you want something with her?” she asked and noticed how his hold on her arms loosened and how reluctant he was to answer her.
His demeanor changed and he looked sad, conflicted, and reluctant so it was easy for her to shrug his hold on her arms and step away from him as she watch him look that way.
She didn’t know what to say about this… he sure looked at her in admiration whenever he talked to her since they started getting closer but when he looked at Daniella when she talked… it was different.
Not the ‘she is a crazy lady I want out of my life’ kind of look but something that speaks of how he felt about her, a kind look, a look that says he wished to be closer to her, how he misses her and how much he liked her.