Page 111 of Heal Me

"So, why did you change your hair colour?" Because I decided to move on.

"You don’t like it?"

"I like everything about you, darling."

"You need to decide what you want, Danylo." "I decided a long time ago what I want. Te deseo." I raise my eyebrows to the top.

"I swear, if you don't stop..."

"You, Amelia. Only you." He tries to kiss me, but I refuse.

"So why didn't you do anything these two months."

"You made it clear that you don't want to be with me."

"Let me remind you," I poke my finger into his ribcage, "you were the first to say to stay as far away from you as possible."

"I couldn’t control my feelings, Jesus," he runs his hand through his hair.

His cheeks are red, and the veins on his neck stood out.

"What? What are you talking about?"

"I couldn't, Amelia. I knew it was bad, I knew it from the beginning, but I couldn't stop. Couldn't stop being with you. However, I also couldn’t give a chance to something that was doomed from the beginning. I couldn't leave Zlata, I couldn't destroy my family, but I didn't have the strength to stop thinking about you," he touches my cheeks, "I couldn’t stop thinking about you even for a minute, you filled my thoughts completely and utterly, I was losing my mind little by little because of you, and I couldn't lose everything forever because I'm hopelessly in love with a girl who will never be able to love me back. But I don't want to be without you. Because without you, there is no me.”

I stopped breathing for a few seconds. I followed every movement of his hands, every word that left his lips, every blink of his eyes. I know he is telling the truth.

But I don't know what to do with this truth.

"Ah, surely you confused my lips with Lily's lips because you love me?"

"Ami," he moans and puts his head on my shoulder, "I just confessed my love to you. Why is everything so difficult?"

"As always, Danylo," I raise my voice, "it doesn't happen any other way with us. You always have some problems and some excuses."

"Don't worry, soon you will get rid of me and my problems," the expression on his face becomes serious, he takes his hands from my waist and leans on the table, thereby closing the passage for me.

"What do you mean?"

"You will see."

"Bondar," I begin.

"Amelia, you have a chance now to push your jealousy a little further and kiss me, or I'll leave, and you'll never be able to do it again." "What?" I laugh.

"Okay, then I'll do it."

Danylo takes his hands off the table and pulls me to him again, he lifts my chin with his right hand and brings his lips to mine.

I freeze. His breathing is heavy and hot, and his movements are completely chaotic. I can taste the alcohol in my mouth, especially as his tongue penetrates deeper. A moan breaks out of me, but we don't stop.

"Do you want to go to the room," he says with a smile, and I nod.

Danylo takes my hand, and we go up to the second floor. Fortunately, the first room is free.

We go inside. I sit on the bed, and Danylo leans on the door, having previously closed it with a lock.

"What?" I smile.

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