Chapter 75 - 74 (2/2)

They reached the mansion and walked up to the stairs.

Rose was about to go to her room but Ermanno held her hand and pulled her to his room.

He closed the door and went close to her and kissed her lips. He started to remove her clothes and his too.

He made her sleep on the bed and climbed on her.

Rose felt so numb right now.

She stopped him and said, ”can we not do this right now?”

Ermanno looked at her and nodded and pulled her to his embrace and slept holding her.

Rose couldn't sleep and looked up at Ermanno for a long time.

She called him two times but he didn't move and was deep in sleep.

Rose then silently recited a poem.

”I wish I never met you.

You are the poison that pulses through my veins

Making me question my sanity and feeling insane

I wish I'd never seen your haunting face

I wish the memories would vanish without a trace

I hate you, but I love you, I was scared of you, but I know you.

I wish I could say it was all a dream, I wish I could say it wasn't true.

I long for your happiness at the cost of my own

Maybe one day I'll now longer reap what I've sown.

I wish I never met you.”

Rose then hugged Ermanno and shed more tears.

After some time she cooled down. But she heard Ermanno recite a poem himself.

”I wish I knew a pretty song,

I could sing to you.

Special words of love and joy

So we could start anew.

I wish I knew a story

To tell you every night

A sweet, romantic story

To make your heart feel light...

I wish I could write a poem

A verse to make you see

You mean more than all the world

And all it holds for me.

Wish I knew what I could say

Or know what I could do

To make you feel the love for me

That I've always felt for you.”

And listening to this Rose broke down crying uncontrollably.

Ermanno had his own tears in his eyes and both cried the night away in each other's arms.