Letizia couldn't believe the nerve Vincenzo had. He still had her pinned down on the ground looking at her with a dark smile.

It didn't help Letizia that she was not feeling well because the presence of the dogs were getting to her. She was now shaking more visibly. She breathed " Call the dogs off. Do it."

Vincenzo whispered " You are afraid of these lovely creatures. That's cute. You know this teaches you not to raise your hand on me."

Letizia spoke in a shaky voice as tremors were going across her body and her body felt cold " Call them off. They are not lovely creatures. I can tell killer dogs when I see them. They are dangerous."

Vincenzo demanded " Ask me nicely and I might think about it."

Letizia spoke " Please call off the dogs.... I will get you back for this you know."

Vincenzo raised an eyebrow and laughed menacingly " If you were any one else, I would have called the dogs on you and would have let them do what they wanted with you right after you dared kick me and raised your hand on me. I have been very nice to you. What do I get? An ungrateful tone... Again you missed the point. I said, ask me nicely.... I meant for you to kiss me. A kiss from you can be a replacement for please, sorry and thank you."

Letizia spoke with disbelief as she was pinned down " You are so conceited."

Vincenzo spoke " Tsk Tsk. As you resist, my price may go up. Kiss me and I might try to forget your insults and wouldn't take any revenge on you when I see you in school from now on."

Letizia gritted her teeth " Let me go. I don't owe you anything. You need to learn some manners. You also need to learn how to talk to girls."

Vincenzo leaned closer to her as his lips were inches from hers " I have you pinned down to the ground. I can do what I want with you. I can even kiss you if I want. So don't act like you have the upper hand. You are the one beneath me. You would have to give me your first kiss which I want."

Letizia spoke as she was struggling to get out of his grip as her wrists were starting to feel numb " If you force your kisses on me that means you give me your first kiss and take away mine. But it doesn't mean I have given you my first kiss. So dream on, I would not give you my first kiss. You may take it but I would only give it to someone who treats me with respect."

Vincenzo was looking taken back. He spoke in a low tone " You must give me a kiss or I will leave you here alone with my dogs. They may not be as friendly as now if I instruct them differently."

Letizia spoke "Why are you like this. Your sister is normal. Why aren't you like her?"

Vincenzo sighed " We don't seem like we are related. She is raised by my mother. My brother and I are raised strictly by our father."

She was pale now and slightly shaking as her phobia of dogs was over coming her " Set the dogs on me then..... Show your true colours..."

Vincenzo laughed darkly " Are you sure about this? I give you ten more seconds. Kiss me or I would leave you here until your father sends search parties for you. If you don't move they won't attack .... unless I tell them to."

Vincenzo started counting " 1...2...."

Letizia spoke " Do it."

Vincenzo spoke as his lips were inches apart from her lips " Do you really prefer to spend time with my dogs rather that with me?"

Letizia spoke " Is that a trick question? Haven't you heard yourself talk? You are so offensive and rude."

Vincenzo spoke " You are so ungrateful. You know that. I should have let my dogs attack you." Vincenzo then slowly got off her.

Letizia braced herself and closed her eyes as Vincenzo stood towering over her lying form. She then heard him whistle. She covered her face with her hands and waited for the worse. She heard shuffling and movement of dogs. The dogs barked and what sounded like their footsteps was heard but not close to her. The shuffling on the dried leaves was heard getting further away from her and was heard in distance now. Nothing touched her. She opened her eyes and gasped as she saw the dogs were gone and Vincenzo was standing up towering over her lying form with a smirk on his face.

Letizia questioned " What made you send them away?" She was relieved as she took deep breaths in and out.

Vincenzo spoke " Did you really expect me to leave you here alone? I let you go today.... But this is not over. I will teach you to not deny me. I will get that first kiss off you and will make you apologise. You will be sorry quite soon." He then offered his hand for her to take.

Letizia refused to take his hand and eyed him suspiciously as she shakily got up and spoke as she faced Vincenzo " Why did you send them away? You were going to hurt me. I could see it in your eyes. You said you will leave me with your dogs if I didn't kiss you."

Vincenzo spoke " See. You are warming up to them already. I could call them back if you miss them....."

Letizia grabbed the collar of his shirt with both hands and spoke " No...." She was breathing hard now.

Vincenzo looked at her shaky hands and then at her face " They are gone. I sent them away so relax. To answer your question, I see you don't give me a kiss so what's the point of wasting my time here. I will catch up with you in school. We have plenty of time... Besides I think I punished you enough for today. You seem pretty shaky. Do you want me to carry you?"

Letizia pushed her hand on his chest but didn't want to fight. She started walking away only for Vincenzo to grab her arm and pull her to his chest " You are going the wrong way. Besides haven't you learnt your lesson not to walk away from me while I am talking to you?"

Letizia skillfully got her arm out of his grasp and stood at his other side " Don't touch me. I don't even know you... I have never met any one so arrogant before."

Vincenzo took a step towards her " How did you do that? How did you free yourself from my arm? Not many people can pull that off. You are just my type of girl." He then put his hand under her chin " If only you kissed me..."

Letizia grabbed his hand and tried to twist it but it back fired as Vincenzo grabbed her wrist and pulled her to him. She was now standing in front of Vincenzo as he towered over her. He squeezed her wrist as he spoke firmly " Stop fighting. I can easily break your wrist but I won't. I am going easy on you. I just find you so attractive and hard to resist. You are really fast, you are beautiful and I like you...."

Letizia spoke in a hard tone " What I don't get is.... You seem like the kind that take what they want away from anyone whenever they want. How come you are not forcing yourself to kiss me? You are capable of it. What are you trying to prove."

Vincenzo spoke " I might do that if you make me angry actually. But you said it yourself... if I just kiss you then it would be just my first kiss and not yours since you won't kiss me back from what I expect from your attitude. I will put you in a position that you won't be able to refuse me. But I like you fighting me. You make me work hard for you and you are worth it. You are strong and a fighter. You are different to other girls I have met. I live to be challenged. But don't forget. If you kiss any other boys, I would shoot them dead right in front of you. I want to be the only living and breathing man to ever kiss you."

Letizia spoke " You don't seem like the traditional type."

Vincenzo spoke " It's about me wanting one woman to be mine. It's one thing I have to have. Now why don't you Let me carry you to that tree house so you can have a glass of water or something. I don't want my father to think any funny business was going on between us."

Letizia took a deep breath "I will be fine.... But .... Now you are acting so civilised. Is this a trick? You had no problem roughly handling me and pushing me to the floor."

Vincenzo explained " That is called discipline and self defence. Any more questions?" He then slightly leaned close " Let me get you somewhere better to sit down. I won't touch you inappropriately. Just want to carry you. So don't try to scream or anything.'

As Vincenzo let go of her hand and was about to wrap his arms around her, she quickly moved and backed away "I don't trust you. Don't touch me." She said. "I know you may call the dogs again..."

Vincenzo laughed" I just told you that the dogs are gone for good. But damn right this is not over yet. I will get that kiss off you whether you like it or not. I hear you said you won't give me your first kiss. Whoever you give it to will die at my hands. I want your first kiss and your last."

Letizia was looking at him with her mouth open " What is wrong with you?"

Vincenzo took a step closer to her and reached his hand to stroke her cheeks but she blocked his hand with hers and pointed a finger at him " Keep your hands to yourself."

Vincenzo laughed and spoke " I won't do anything. No need to get defensive. I think scaring you off with the dogs was enough for one day. I don't like to have too much fun in one day you know. Especially I don't want to have all the fun with my girl all in one day. We could go on a few dates and then you can see every side of me slowly."

Letizia objected " Did you just call me your girl? You think I would go out with you after what you did? Seriously?"

Vincenzo spoke in a matter of factly tone " Why not? It's not like my dogs did anything to you. I called them off...."

Letizia protested " You were ready to whistle for them to jump on me."

Vincenzo spoke " I wasn't going to set them on you. But don't keep your hopes up. I may not have intended for my dogs to rip you apart and just wanted to scare you off abit but I can think of limitless ways of getting you back for the way you defied me and insulted me. Since we will see each other in school, you will have plenty of time to get to know me and get a taste of my revenge. But I would treat you differently to what I do to others." He then walked to her and tried to grab her chin but she moved fast and changed her position warily staying out of his reach.

Letizia spoke as she stepped backwards "And why would you treat me differently?"

Vincenzo took steps towards her as she took a steps backwards making him smirk " You are fast. I give you that. No girl has ever dared hit me before except for my sister. You landed a good hit too. So I realised, you are strong as well as looking fine."

Letizia stopped moving "So you just thought, oh I like her now she hit me..."

Vincenzo rested his back on a tree and stared at her in a way that made her want to look away. He looked serious now "No. That wasn't when I fell for you. I fell for you when I watched you from the window of my father's office. It was in the middle of one of his meetings, when I looked outside and saw you. That's when I couldn't stop looking at you. My father noticed too. I got told off for you but I actually didn't mind. It was the first time that my father told me off but I didn't care getting into trouble for you...."

Letizia was irritated as she swallowed hard. He actually sounded sincere even though he looked so dangerous and every fibre of her being warned her to be wary of him.

Vincenzo spoke "Now its getting late. Follow me. I will get you to Vienna and her buddies." He then turned around and walked off.

Letizia spoke "I am not going anywhere with you. I don't trust you. You set dogs on me and let me suffer, even though I told you I have phobia of dogs."

Vincenzo turned around " You shouldn't have hit me. You made me angry. You made me do it. But the dogs are not coming back. Think about it. Why would I want to rip apart the woman who will be the mother of my children one day? Now follow me."