The old man's eyes widened in shock at Dorian's words.
Ask his daughter out?
He didn't believe his ears,he was sure he heard wrong.
"E_excuse me?" He asked unbelieving
"I would like to ask Penelope out" Dorian repeated,his tone calm and polite.
Peter was beyond flabbergasted,he DID hear right,he heard exactly what this man had just said but his mind was yet to process it for him to react.
Dorian skendore just asked him if he could ask his daughter out.
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"Could I talk to her alone?"
Dorian asked once they were inside. He was stunned to know the man didn't question much on his request and just led him in,he hadn't even confronted his daughter if or not she would agree,not like this didn't please Dorian but he wanted to actually talk to her this time, not take her against her own will like last time.
"Ah_sure sure"
Peter said with a warm smile before looking at his daughter, passing her a knowing look,he walked out giving both the space of themselves.
"What do you want from me?"
She asked once her father was gone.
Dorian was sitted opposite to her which gave her liberty to stare keenly at him.
"Nothing"
"Then why are you here?"
She asked in a heartbeat,she was curious to know what his persistence was with her.
"To ask you out"
Her eyes keened down,a small frown forming between each brow.
"And what makes you think I'll agree?"
Did he think because her father was smitten by him,she would be as well?,she was no gold digger and he needed to know that.
"I brought you back didn't I?"
"Few days after you kidnapped me"
She retorted,her frown deepening.
Dorian's hand went behind his neck and he rubbed slightly,never had he exhibited such human like gestures in front of anyone but before this woman,he couldn't explain.
"I'm sorry" he ended up saying but his words were followed by her silence as she stared at him with scrutiny,her frown, never dropping.
"What do you want from me,and don't say nothing" she warned. She kept her eyes fixed in his and could see an emotion pass through,was it desire,the kind of look a child would have when they spotted something they wanted but couldn't have.
"I want you to be with me"
A look of awe crossed her eyes as that was the last thing she expected him to say but nevertheless she composed herself.
"Why?,what do I have that you want?"
"If I told you,you wouldn't believe me" he replied.
He really didn't think this visit through,he didn't realise it would be this difficult and to think,his mate was actually quite sharp with the attitude
He liked it.
"Try me"
She responded,her obsidian eyes brightly challenging and her hands crossed against her chest.
"My soul"
His response caught her off guard but then he kept going.
"My heart,my world,my Universe.." he paused "and my whole life"
The choice of words he chose, Penelope didn't know how to react to them which led her into a swirl of emotions which showed on her expression.
Her heart thumped loudly in her chest,not in flatter of his beautifully smitten words but In confusion and wonder.
"Your existence is the purpose of my own,my entire world revolves around you"
His voice turned sad and sullen,his eyes turning distant as so many emotions swirled through,it was like a painful longing or desire.
"The years I spent without you were similar to a barren void, but the day I found you" he smiled,a kind that carried alot of emotions.
"I knew I had found the rare and missing part of my life".
He paused,his eyes still staring at her with same emotions as before but then he got up.
"Penelope"
Her name flowed so lightly and softly from his tongue as he approached .
"Please don't reject me"
His choice of words stunned her but what got her even more stunned was the look in his eyes, Penelope could see it cause it was as clear as day,it was fear.
What was he afraid of.
Penelope was still stuck in her thoughts when he did something even more outrageous than his words,he bent until his knees encountered the floor.
He knelt before her.
"Please" something extremely sad lingered in his voice.
She freaked out.
What was he doing.
Why was she this important to him.
What exactly did he mean by 'all those years without you'
'did she look like someone he once knew'
Quickly,she got up, moving away
"W-what are you doing?,get up"
She didn't feel comfortable with this.
"Will you come with me?"
He asked still kneeling. The sight was too overwhelming for her,she felt slightly dizzy
What did a man as elite as himself want with a lowlife like her.
"I'll--i'll think about it"
She said hesitantly and watched him get up but then he kept staring at her as though waiting.
"What?"
"You said you'd think about it,have you thought about it?"
His question made her frown in amusement,did he actually think she'd just think about what he just said in an instant.
"I'll need a day to think about it"
He waited for a moment before giving a short nod.
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When he was gone, Penelope was finally able to let out a relieved breath as all what just happened kept playing off in her head.
Was she in a movie or something cause she found it difficult to understand how she had caught the fancy of one if not the only standing top tier of grake city.
A man who would and could have anything from wealth and women lined up before him had just knelt before a nobody as her.
She didn't understand.
Brushing it away,she turned around and almost got a heart attack when she saw her father staring at her,a knowing grin stretching from ear to ear.
Oh no,did he witness what just happened.
No no no.
Now he wouldn't let her be.
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By the afternoon,she was done getting ready and would go to visit her mom at the hospital. Grabbing her purse,she walked out of the house but frowned when she noticed a black car packed in front,it was familiar but she didn't need to wonder whose it belonged to cause it's door was opened and Dorian walked out from it.
"What are you still doing here?" She asked.
"Have you thought about it?"