Chapter Eighteen

Daniel was sipping coffee when Bella finally came downstairs, their gaze met and held for a fleeting moment before she quickly averted her gaze. She silently poured herself a cup of coffee and his brooding gaze followed her around. The air between them was so tense that Bella felt like running away from that brooding gaze of his.

She sipped the coffee and shuddered at the taste and dropped the cup. She couldn't take this much bitterness, not even a drop of sugar was added to the coffee.

She couldn't take the silence anymore and she turned to face him,

"I'm sorry" they both spoke at the same time and they both stared at each other and he smiled while she giggled softly.

"I was a jerk yesterday, I shouldn't have kissed you"

"Let's just forget about it, it didn't mean anything to me by the way"

"Hmm" he replied to her last statement as he narrowed his eyes at her and she stared at him in a kind of way, "I mean it didn't mean anything to me also, in fact, I forgot about it the moment you