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Chapter 35. Stitched on the door
ADRIANA
The rest of the week goes by in a blur, each day a repetition of the previous one. We have breakfast together, watch over training, get some pack work done, have lunch with Ximena and Jenna or Poté and Alba. In the afternoon we go to his office in Malaga where he explains the basics per department and during the evening he either rapes me at his office or at the pack house.
I feel hollow, numb and filthy beyond believe, but I’m also kind of getting used to it. When I play nice and follow his rules he is sweet and the love for his pack and family is amazing, if he would just show me that kind of love. That kind of devotion.
Today is Saturday and we just got in the office to work on some small details regarding a deal he made with a new company he is going to invest in.
Alvarez Bakery I think it is, I met the older gentleman that runs the company once this week when he came down to the office for a meeting with Liliana. At the moment I
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