“Exactly! I can’t sit at home knowing there’ll be someone itching to have a night with you. You’re mine, amore. Mine! No stronzo is going to take you away from me.” Somehow our faces managed to get closer and closer. I can see the emotions swirled in his clear eyes. My retort was meant to be a sarcastic joke. I didn’t think he felt that way. My eyes were wide staring at him still in disbelief. Dante looked away and sighed. He took his liquor and gulped it down in one go. He signaled the bartender to add another one. While I was frozen in shock. “Don’t stare at me like that, amore.” He didn’t look at me while speaking but he felt my eyes burning a hole to his head. “Well… I just think you sounded desperate.” I joked. I was hiding my smile. Dante’s eyes moved to glance at me. “I a