Chapter 45: The Exchange

~Ginevra~

Emiliano dragged me down to his room. He reached inside and pushed me on the bed.

“Oww!” I exclaimed. I sat up quickly. He turned away from me. He held his head and grunted. He faced me again. He was angry. Just like he was before when he caught me with the journal. I shifted to the edge of the bed in tears. I couldn’t believe Emiliano could hurt me. I regret ever being pregnant for him.

“I hate you,” I whimpered. He crouched in front of me, staring into my eyes. My heart thumbs up to my throat. He held my hands. I shifted back in fear. I was now scared of him.

“I’m sorry. I don’t like this either,” he said calmly. “Don’t say you hate me, sweetheart. I love you. You got to believe me, I got nothing to do with Luna’s death. I didn’t murder her, please,” he apologized in a soft angelic voice that calmed my racing heartbeat. Should I believe him? How can I? Luna said he murdered her. She couldn’t be wrong about who tortured her. But now where is she? How did she leave Sienn