CHAPTER 23

Julia walkd into her living room and stands with her arms folded while staring at Dante'. Wondering why he's so freakishly nice.

"So, do you mind?"

He asked her, smiling non-stop.

Julia wanted to tell him 'no' but she heard herself say .

"Yes, it's fine by me. "

She knew she needed help.

"So what can I do for you Miss Julia. " Dante' asked in a formal tone.

" Let's move this couch over there and put up these pictures frames. "

She directed.

She had a serious look on her face as she held the sides of the couch. Dante' smiled and joined her, he held the edges of the couch, they moved the piece of furniture to the corner of the living room and they placed a glass table at the center of the room. They worked in silence for sometime.

Dante' helped her carry some heavy stuff while she directed him on where to put them. Then She busied herself with arranging some cutleries in the cabinet of her kitchen.

After working for about thirty minutes, Dante' decided to erase the quiet atmosphere, so he joined her in the kitchen.

He walked in, Stood by the door and asked.

" By the way, How was work today? "

" Good, yours? " She asked, turning to look at him.

" It was okay. " He replied.

"Whoo! " Dante' exclaimed, slightly tired, He unbuttoned his shirt, Revealing his muscled chest.

Julia turned to look at him and her eyes widened at what she saw, She swallowed nervously when she noticed he had unbuttoned his shirt and his bare torso was exposed, glistening with sweat and slightly hairy, she looked away as Soon as Dante' glanced at her. She returned her gaze to the dishes in the cabinet.

When she was done with the cutleries, She goes to rinse and clean the sink, trying hard not to look at him like that again.

Dante' walked further into the kitchen and stood behind her, Julia felt the warm aura of his body. She felt the presence of his body standing too close to her back.

He placed his left hand on the sink beside her, she looked down at his hand, for a second she taught he was going to hold her waist and bend her over the sink, but he reached over her with his right hand and placed the last cup into a rack in the upper cabinet.

Julia swallowed slightly, How dare Dante' come this close to her body, thereby invading her personal space.

Dante' reached out beside her and turned off the water faucet that has been gushing water into the sink, right in front of her.

Julia flinched at the movement of his hands, she thought he was going to hold her sensitive body against his. But he innocently turned off the faucet. To stop it from wasting any more water.

Julia jerked in slight shock when she realized she had been staring into space for like a minute without knowing that the water faucet had been rushing before her eyes.

Dante moved over from behind her to beside her. He looked at her, she looked at him, her eyes met his charming gaze, she looked away, fidgeting with the white napkin in her hands. She began to clean her half wet hands absent mindedly.

" Why am I feeling this way?"

She voiced in her mind.