Blackmailed For Vengeance(56)

Yanis had shaken his head

“No, Lee, there are things we need to talk about”

Lee had turned her back on him

“Please, stop” she whispered softly in anguish. Yanis had moved behind her his hands moving to her shoulders. Feeling him so close behind her and her whole senses invaded by the smell of him Lee had closed her eyes in pain

“You once said you loved me” he said softly

Lee had shaken her head

“What does that matter… you were quite clear about your feelings Yanis….and I won’t stay your trophy wife or your mistress” she said softly

“When you told me, I was shocked Lee” he said “Part of me was so happy and then I thought you were just saying it to trick me the way that I thought you had Jim, and I was so worried that if I said anything to you then you would use it to get away from me”

She could hear his voice break softly

“I couldn’t lose you Lee, I had brought you into my home to teach you a lesson and to throw you away when I felt you had learnt that lesson, but the more time we spent together, the more I realised that I never wanted you to leave. I didn’t care about anything you had done, just so long as you stayed with me. When I asked you to marry me, I thought that it would be a way of keeping you in my life…and when you turned me down, I was so damned confused, everything was falling apart and I knew then deep down that you were not the person I pretended to believe you were. The person I needed you to be because if not then I knew I could never let you go”

Slowly he had turned her around so that she could look into his eyes

“I love you Lee, I love you with all my heart. I couldn’t believe that there were people like you in this world and I am sorry for the way I treated you. I am begging you to forgive me”

Lee had stood staring in disbelief at the man before her, her mouth dry, as she watched him pull out the engagement ring she had sent back to him two weeks earlier

“The first time I gave you this ring, it meant nothing to me, but now I am asking you, with all my heart to marry me…to be my wife. Not some trophy wife, but the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with… because without you Lee, I can hardly breathe because I love you so much… I can’t sleep at night without you being beside me…in fact I haven’t been able to since we first started sleeping together” he had looked softly into her eyes added so gently, his voice full of need “I need you Lee”

He paused waiting for her to speak, but she had stood frozen watching him with an unfathomable look in her eyes as he had looked at her, his eyes unsure and pleading

“If you want to choose another ring then we can do that” he said softly “but I had this one engraved” he said, before reading her the inscription

Forgiveness and love

With that a small sob had broken from her lips as she had thrown herself into his arms, as he held her tightly against him

“I love you too Yanis, I have been so miserable without you” she cried, kissing his cheek and then his mouth as he had kissed her back laughing with her. As they broke apart she had held out her finger with a dazzling smile, her eyes once again bright with tears which perched on her eyelids

“And yes, I’ll marry you” she said looking at him with such love on her whole face, knowing that she didn’t need time to think about her answer, he had groaned as he placed the ring back on her finger where it belonged. As he held her hand looking at the ring he had smiled, one of his heart stopping dazzling smiles before asking her

“Do you still want to go back to the party” smiling as she had shaken her head, her smile mischievous.

“Not any more” she said huskily as she sat down on the large bed. With a soft moan, he had joined her and pulling her into his arms they had kissed.

That night they had made love so gently, each taking their time to explore the other as they had brought each other to new heights of pleasure, before finally as the dawn set, they had fallen into an exhausted sleep in each others arms, both content and happy.

The next morning they had woken late, still wrapped in each others arms. As she had moved against him he had propped himself up on one arm to look down on her. His face once again relaxed and his eyes bright as he had smiled down at her

“Good morning future Mrs Demitri” he had said huskily as she flashed a grin at him

“Good morning Mr Demitri” she had giggled back before suddenly clapping her hand to her mouth and quickly leaping from the bed, running to the bathroom. Yanis had sat up in confusion as he had heard her being ill, his face worried as she had returned, her face a little pale

“Lee, you are not well” he said his voice full of concern for her, as she had rejoined him in the bed