Sorry

Dominic smirked at her words, she was the first woman who had answered him back without fearing him. She was really brave enough to handle herself in front of him. Her eyes pierced him with fury, and he couldn't understand where this anger came from. But he couldn't help it, she had to be with him even if she didn't want to...

"You are something little kitten" he leaned back on the chair as he kept watching her clench her jaw.

"You will soon learn exactly how I am"

Ava wanted to smack that smile away from his face. He was purposely teasing her even though he could see she was annoyed. She fisted her palm under the table remembering the helplessness on her father's face.

"I will wait for it" he smiled leaving the topic, Dominic wanted to spend some quality with her and didn't want to dwell on the past. It had already long gone and now they had a long way ahead.

"Let's do not talk about the past, let's try making our bond strong" he rested his hand on the table staring at her with determination.

"I don't think it can happen. My heart wont' be able to accept you even if I try" she answered back with the same determination.

"Let's see, you don't know about the future" he smirked and snapped his finger indicating the maid to place the breakfast on the plate.

Both of them were silently eating the food, with no one uttering a single word. Ava was hungry as she had not eaten anything from yesterday. After filling her empty stomach, she wiped her mouth, content with the food she intakes.

Dominic had been watching her all this while eating her food without any manners. She was feeding her mouth as if she had been starving all this while neglecting her eating manners. He shook his head and smiled thinking about how was she going to face his mother. He had never seen an elegant woman like his mother and his wife was the total opposite of it.

"Mother will surely take her class for grooming manners," he thought.

Ava moved her hand on her stomach satisfied with the amazing breakfast. She looked up only to find Dominic hawking at her when the realization struck her. She had been eating like a hungry dog without any ethics forgetting about her surrounding.

She was busy cursing herself when she heard his horse's voice," Do you want to look around the garden?" he asked her pulling her back from her thoughts.

Ava startled and looked at him, embarrassed by her act early, and nodded her head for mending her mistake and got up to leave.

Dominic had been very polite with her from the morning, he didn't scare her like the previous night. Thinking that his mood was nice, she didn't want to make it sour by speaking anything that would irk him.

"What flower do you like the most?" he asked stopping his foot and turning to her side.

All this while Ava was silently following him, without speaking anything and her silence bothered him. He wanted her to talk with him without holding back, the same way she spoke at the breakfast table.

"Huh.."

"Little kitten... I asked which flower do you like the most?" he bend to her height taking her by surprise.

"I-I..." she couldn't form a word as she stammered due to the closeness. He was again dominating her with his action making her forget the words to speak.

"I what.. little kitten" his green eyes bored into her making her move back slipping her legs on the grass.

"Wife.."

Before she could fall down Dominic held her protectively in his arms securing her in his strong embrace. His whole being was overshadowing her composure making her lose her resolve. She didn't want to get affected by his closeness but her heart started to beat like it was being banged inside her chest.

"This man is harmful to her heart," she thought closing her eyes and waiting for her to reach the ground but to her surprise, she was floating in the air.

"Did I fall so hard that I died" she muttered and open her eyes only to find herself carried by Dominic?

Dominic could only smile inwardly, listening to her muttering. She was different from the women he met earlier. Every woman in the castle would ogle for his attention ready to climb on his bed, but his wife was getting startled by his closeness.

"I won't let you die" he smiled carrying her in his arms.

He held her so casually as if he had been holding a feather. She looked like a small kid in his big arms.

Ava looked at him who was grinning at her words. She wanted to answer him back when she caught the attention of the maids and guards watching them in surprise.

Embarrassed, by his action she buried her face in his chest hiding from the people who were watching them. This man was so shameless, what will they think of her, she thought and slap his chest mummering her words.

Dominic chucked at his wife's childish act as he carried her in his arms to their room. He didn't want anyone to witness his soft side in front of his wife making the guards look down on him.

Even if he tried to hide his tenderness it was not ignored by a certain person who was watching them from the window inside the castle.

"So she is the one whom he married," Vincent asked his servant Ruth.

"Yes, your highness" he bowed answering his question.

"I need to introduce you to her soon, don't you think Ruth" Vincent sips his glass of wine gulping down watching the beautiful lady with Dominic.

"Yes your highness"

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Inside the room, Dominic placed her on the bed carefully and sat next to her to examine her foot. She had twisted her leg on the grass making her lose her foot.

"It's okay I can manage" she stopped him when she saw him pull her dress up.

"Let me have a look, what if it's swollen"

While carrying her she felt discomfort in his arm as she whines because of her leg.

"Look it's fine, I told you it didn't hurt" she showed him her feet confirming his concern when he sighed.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you" he whispered barely reaching her ears.

Ava looked at his face which was hung low as he apologize to her. She knew it was not his fault, it was her who got surprised by his action.

"It's okay... I'm not angry at you" she tried to make him feel less sorry, but still he didn't look up to face her.

"I'm sorry for scaring you the previous night, I lost my control and ended up hurting you" he looked upon her hand that had his finger marks on it.

Dominic was still ashamed of his last night's action. He had been cursing himself to let his beast control his mind forgetting who he was hurting. The whole night before falling asleep he kept caressing her bruise as she flinched every time he touched it.

Ava was taken back by his words, she had forgotten about his previous night's action. She didn't know he would remember hurting her.

"Sorry.." his low voice begged her to accept his forgiveness making her heart squeeze in pain.

The way he looked at her showed how sorry he was for his earlier action. Ava could feel him being sincere with his words as his eyes were stuck on the mark on her arms.

Not knowing what took over her mind, she moved her hand and cupped his face making her look at him. His low voice disturbed her heart making it painful to see him like this.

She lifted his face carefully cupping his cheeks in her palm and looked into his eyes, which screamed to her that he was ashamed of his previous action.

"I should have controlled" he spoke making her shake her head.

She was the one who provoke him, even after knowing who he was. It was all her fault and now she was feeling bad watching him like this.

"Don't feel bad, It was me who angered you. sorry, I shouldn't have said that" she brushed her thumb on his cheeks forgetting everything as she was again hypnotized by his eyes.

He had the power to control her mind whenever he looked at her. She would feel the pull towards him which she was not aware of or couldn't even explain. But she still liked it.

They kept staring into each other eyes as if they were speaking through them. The moment stopped for them as they both were drawn into the pool of eyes staring.

Alarmed by his beast, he pulled her close to him as she cradled on his lap, totally submitting herself to his gaze. Her mind had lost the ability to think.

"I want my morning kiss" he whispered watching her lips that looked tempting for him, urging him to taste them.

"Huh.."