Flaming Desires

"I was afraid to lose you, my kitten,"

She was shocked. Her body went numb after hearing those words from his mouth. He was afraid to lose her too but what was the reason behind it?

Parting her lips, she asked him, softly.

"Why?"

Her question made his smirk turn into an amiable smile. He stroked her cheek with his thumb pad and then answered.

"Maybe because I have started falling for you,"

Shock after shock. His each and every word was startling her. Did he just confess that he had started loving her but how could he say something like this so easily?

"You're lying," her eyes again got filled with tears.

"You had said that day that you could never…" she halted but he understood what she was trying to say.

He cupped her face and leaned his face closer to her.

"My own feelings have started betraying me after you came into my life, Cia," he rasped, delicately staring into her oceanic blue orbs.

"From the day I have seen you, my mind is always filled with your thoughts. My eyes always w