Seducing

"Don't you like me?" Abel directly asked. He didn't know what came into him but he wanted to at least ensure that he and Dani were already on the same page with their relationship.

"No…" Dani murmured. "It's not that."

"So you like me then?" he further asked.

"Yes, but that doesn't mean I'm ready to…" Dani trailed off as she hesitated. She didn't know what to say.

"Don't you want our relationship to become real?" Abel questioned further. There was this burning eagerness inside of him to find out what Dani truly felt for him.

"I want to," she genuinely answered. "But…"

"Then I don't see any reason for you to hesitate," Abel concluded. "So let's just get on with things and see where that leads us."

"But if we make it real, then that means we have to consummate our marriage," she bashfully pointed out.