Chapter 69

"When you're jealous you do things without thinking." he replied "I pretended to be on Uncle's side once I learned that Xvaier brought you to Italy to protect you from Cardinal's men who were trying to kill you. We kidnapped you in order to fool Cardinal, gain information on his plans and get closer to you." "So you're saying the whole boyfriend thing was a joke?" I questioned feeling a little hurt 'You lied to me?" He saw it and walked over to me and sat on the bed. He tilted my chin up to look at him. "I did fall in love with you but there's a line between us." he responded softly "I'm your guard and you're my mistress. I did what I did for a reason but after a while the playing became serious but I couldn't love you because of our ranks. I never lied to you. I'm still eighteen and everything we talked about was true. I didn't mean to lead you on but believe me when I say I'm sorry about that." I looked into his eyes and knew he was telling the truth. He leaned in and kissed my a