ning, Mrs

cre

could and for

Nevar

hrough the heavy curtains, cast

was staring

e wa

ried again, and then i

wing. His love for my sister. I

pri

tteo's blue eyes staring at me with a cold and calculatin

w this

pulled back into a neat bun. A tray filled with breakfast - fresh

. "I'm glad you've stopped screaming. I'm Caterina, Mr Nevaro aske

t

tter in my mouth.

rmured, unsure of

uld be here today. Now, they could g

my thighs before turning to me, her expression unreadable

eo again made my stomach c

ive me the wifely du

ugh the estate, find the neare

my m

do to her if

behind her. I stared at the tray of food, my appetite nonexistent. But I f

o survive this,

how I might satisfy Matteo sexually. He l

from the one boyfriend I had two y

ratted me out

in clothes that had been laid out for me. A simp

e, so it took me a while to get there. Especially

timidate, and remind anyone he

by two stern-looking men in suits. They nodded at me but s

walls lined with bookshelves and expensive artworks. A

t turning around. "If you had, I would likely

heart pounding in my chest a

t being

l?" He asked, his

re of how to resp

"Well, I think we should get started with

firmer than I expected. "You love her, yet you ca

to his desk and picked up a small, ornate box, turnin

I said, the words tumbling out before I could stop the

- but it was gone as quickly as it appeared. "I can't fault Is

was something more there. As if the love he had for

edulous. "And so, you pick the on

desk. "You took her place, and in return, I w

al

s wasn't about me or Isabella. This was about power, con

because she didn't

l Don of the Ne

t a means

ou heirs?" I asked, my voi

reach his eyes. "You'll learn how to please me, Valenti

ine. He was right. I h

Isabella had

?" I asked, trying to

w role. You will accompany me to events and host sometimes. You wil

ication?" Alarm bel

oesn't have any experience with that world, but you'll learn." The smirk on his

ldn't have sex with him. Though mother had made it clear I was to give

in my throat and no

life isn't as difficult as you might think. There are rules, of cour

e of something that I knew would never co

uestions?" Matteo asked,

ead. "No. No

is lips. "Caterina will continue to assist you

though I wasn't sure what

mooth as velvet. "Any attempt to behave like Isabell

etween us, a reminder of th

out even as my mind screamed at me to r

You may

ould change his mind and decide t

abella and Matteo. Something he w

ffice, the hairs on the back of my n

g my mo

la soon, I might find myself in a pl