Mr Bodyguard, Protect Your Heart!
Chapter 168: PLEASE FORGIVE ME, DOVE

Chapter 168: PLEASE FORGIVE ME, DOVE

You are not someone special Dove, it is just him who is a gentleman. Stop over thinking your place. Dove thought.

She sighed and looked away.

Dante on the other hand, turned towards Dove and a wide grin came to settle on his face, and he went over to her, who had her head lowered down, looking at the files.

"Dove," he called for her gently. And Dove who had her head casted downwards bit her lips and closed her eyes. Stop being so gentle with me- she wanted to say out loud.

Seeing that she did not reply, Dante lowered his head towards her again, and called out for her again, "Dove, listen to me. I have something to tell you."

"Hm, what is it, Dante?" Dove replied, her voice straight, but low. And she did not raise her head yet, still ’skimming’ through the papers. But Dante did not seem to mind it, he continued saying, "I brought ice creams for you. Eat it. Grandpa once told me that you loved ice creams more than anything in the world. Haha, how sweet."

Dove face turned sour, and she pouted. Grandpa did not need to say him that! It was true that ice creams were her weakness, after all.

She was already going through a crisis with her emotions and feelings. And now him bringing her favourite thing for her only added to her crisis even more.

And without thinking much, she said out, "Thank you for it, Dante. But I am busy right now. Please keep it in the freezer for now. I will have it later." And hearing her, a frown settled on Dante’s face, and his smile flattered. And the next second, without any warning, he closed the folder in front of her shut. Dove frowned immediately, and he looked up at him with a tsk, and the space between her eyebrows furrowed, "Dante, what’s this?"

But the next second, he kept the bag on the desk and lowered himself in front of her to kneel on the floor. His actions instantly took Dove aback, and she stammered, "D- Dante?" What was he doing?! Dove looked at him with her eyes wide, and her thoughts going wild left and right.

Dante looked up at her, his naturally sharp eyes mellow downing, and looking at her with a lot of hope, and he said, "Dove, I am really sorry."

Dove, who was already bewildered with seeing him go down and kneel in front of her on his knees, she was turned blank even more, when she heard him ask for forgiveness out of nowhere. "huh?" She really had no idea, why was he apologising.

"Dove, I know you are really mad at me. And I apologise, alright? But trust me, I really did not mean to say it like that. I never even looked down at you. At that time, my intentions were just to help you. I know you are very capable to handle all this by yourself. But I still wanted to be of some help to you." Dante said a few more things, but all those things failed to register in her brain. All she did was to stare at him blankly, and not say anything, while every other thing around was going blur.

At first, Dove did not even understand why Dante was apologising for. But slowly, She caught up to it. Thinking back, she had indeed behaved very rudely with him unknowingly, amongst her own messed up feelings, while he was just trying to help.

And as this realisation drew upon her, she was consumed by guilt about what she has done. And she really started feeling very bad about it.

After Dante was done, with what he had to say, he patiently waited for Dove to say something in return. And after a few moments of pure silence between them, Dove sighed and shook her head saying, "I am sorry." And hearing her apologise now, out of nowhere, Dante’s eyebrows raised in surprise, before it furrowed. But just when he was about to say something, Dove shook her head and said, "It should be me who should be apologising, Dante, not you. I was unreasonably rude to you, while you were just trying to help me.

I am not mad at you now, nor was I then. It is just... me. It was just me, I had some things going on in my own mind. And I just vented it upon you. And-"

Before, Dove could go on and on. Dante quickly cut in her words, and said, "Shh~!" but what made Dove freeze on the spot was the finger that landed on her lips. Well, it would be wrong to say that it was only Dove who froze, because Dante had too not seen his own action coming. He too froze or a brief moment, before he continued it on his own accord and slowly lowered his fingers from her soft lips, and smiled, "Shh, Dove. It’s okay. You are a lady. A pretty lady. And pretty ladies must not apologises."

Dove stared at Dante blankly. Everything slowed down around her. And all she knew was that, she could still feel the touch of his finger on her lips where it was placed. And he started speaking again, catching her attention back, "You said that you did a mistake, and you know it. And that is enough. You don’t even have to apologise about it. And I will still apologise to you, and you are still going to forgive me, alright?"

Dove did not say anything and just stared back at him. And Dante continued, "I know that you may have a lot of reasons, and things that might keep you stressed you. And it is completely fine. And it is also fine, and natural if you just lash out sometimes. And you know what you can do that with me. And also, my offer still stands, if you feel burdened by anything, or when you feel too tensed up, I am always here to help you. and this is a genuine concern."