~WILLOW~
One second passes. Then another. And another. I see the moment my words finally hit Dante, striking him.
I wait to see his reaction. It was slow at first but I was finally seeing the effect of my words.
I can see the shock on his face as he tries to come to terms with my confession.
My lips part when he stops the jeep in the middle of the road without a care in the world. Luckily, there was no one behind us.
He slowly turns to look at me, and I can see the disbelief in his eyes. "What did you just say?"
He doesn't want to believe he'd heard me correctly. It makes me scared to repeat my words.
"You asked me if I liked Ares. I said that I do like him." I repeat, even though it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to force myself to say. It was also one of the bi
