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"I have done things, Isabella," Said Damien, with a haunted look etched on his face. "Things that I am not very proud of," He added hauntingly.

From where I stood, I could feel his despair as he spoke to me, afraid to meet my eyes. Was that why he was being so demanding and bossy. It did not suit him to be so haughty around me. In fact it was the only thing that repelled me against people.

My curiosity had brought me here and I knew that despite what Damien was saying, there was no going back.

Who was Damien Moretti before he became a business man? Why was he so quick to dismiss his past any time it was brought up? What was he hiding?

"Why are you so afraid of your past, Damien?" I asked him.

"I am not afraid of anything, Isabella," He retorted tightly.

"You know that your past is catching up with us, Damien," I told him. He could only sigh in return.

"I will protect us when the time comes," He said.

"Like you protected me when your father happen