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38: Goodbye to witch's curse
Adriano Di LauroWith the stony gesture and ignoring her shrieks, I drag her out of the room while my housekeeper loads the suitcase."Don't you ever show up at my house again", I warn her from the car. "Be very careful what you do or in any case say, Francesca, because you will never see the light of day again. You open your mouth and what few privileges you have left will be nipped in the bud"."I will tell the truth!""The truth?", I let out a small and sarcastic laugh. Anger fuels my coldness and makes me feel more powerful than ever. " Which truth? Do you think anyone will believe the words of a decrepit old woman like you? You seem to have forgotten who you're dealing with, my dear", I add with an icy smile. "Do what you want, in the end I still have my money and my power. On the other hand, you... you are nobody, you are nothing. I can crush you right now with the palm of my hand"."You won't because..."Because of respect for my children", I don't allow her to reply. The conde
39. Asshole Surgeon
Cassandra ReidI check my phone one more time for a missed message or call, but my inbox is still clean. This is rare, very rare.When my best friend hadn't shown up for my consultation for days, I went looking for her. Then, they informed me she had requested a vacations time. She surprised me too much when she didn't warning me, so I asked Romeo and his words left me even more worried.Leah left without saying anything to anyone. She doesn't take calls, doesn't answer messages... it is as if earth had swallowed her. Two days ago I received a brief 'I'm fine' which did not calm me down not even a little bit. Since then I have lost count of how many times I have tried to contact her with no results.My head hurts horribly and I'm biting my nails. To make matters worse, I have to go to a meeting and listening to endless reports on statistics or budgets that I do not care about.I just wanted to be a good doctor, to have my own office with lovely patients who would be bribed by a lollip
40. Ups and downs
Cassandra ReidI take a look of her once again. Her auburn curls are now wavier and auburn, extra pounds have melted away giving her the most spectacular body I've ever seen, including Leah's, and the rimless glasses are gone. However, it is her, I would recognize anywhere that gray and gold heterochromia"Wendy Lambert", without wasting another second, I run towards her. "Look what the wind brought"."Cass, for God's sake!". We hugged each other so tightly that we were about to shed tears of happiness. My childhood friend is here, in Florence, in front of me... "I can't believe it!""That makes two of us", I point out. "How long has it been? Ten years?""Nine to be exact", she says once we've parted ways, "since you went to Harvard and I went to Yale"."Right, but the important thing is that we both managed to graduate", I point out. As girls we used to play doctor together, it was our favorite game. The love of medicine was a feeling we cultivated together and we had plans to study
41. I'm in trouble
Cassandra ReidHis hands rest on my lower back as he literally eats me alive.'I could punish you a thousand times like this... and reward you a thousand more'His lips move to my jugular and suck unceremoniously until leaving the mark of desire rooted in the depths of my skin.'In every one of them I would applaud myself for making you my wife'Words echo through my head as he hits my most sensitive spot with little lashes which make me scream out loud. I won't be able to hold out much longer.'I'm going to chase you, Cassandra Di Lauro, through all the worlds so you never stop being mine, over and over and over again'He gets into me with incredible ease to start with strong thrusts. One, two, three times without pause, without mercy. It's funny how with such sudden movements he can move me and make me fall in love more."Cass..."I lose myself in the frantic hip dance as he whispers 'you're mine' against my lips and unable to resist another second, I shatter into thousands of piece
42. I love you
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43. Broken Inside
Cassandra ReidI rush up the stairs and slam the door loudly before sliding my back against the door, tears spilling out uncontrollably.What did I expect? An "I love you" back and making love until dawn?I burst out laughing in the middle of crying.Yes, that's exactly what I wanted and I was delusional to even think about it. I shouldn't have told him, it wasn't time yet. Or maybe... I should have said it much sooner.It's not the fact he doesn't love me "because I'm sure he has feelings for me", it's his refusal to open up and accept it. And it hurts, it hurts me the same way. It is as if an earthquake had passed through my body, opening cracks in my skin until it reached every organ. Broken inside would be a good definition.Suddenly, intense nausea invades me and I run to the bathroom, feeling how life falls apart in a matter of seconds. Trembling, I move to bed to tuck myself into a fetal position and I do not get out of there all day.Vivi knocks on the door and I dismiss her q
Prologue: I'll make you pay
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