Chapter 39 — Body As Currency

Allegra

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"You can't dress like that at night and expect me to not pounce on you..." his voice was almost above a whisper, his eyes going up and down my frame.

I had asked Glenna to not bring me clothes that show off more skin and she hadn't, the clothes weren't so revealing but the nightdresses... this one was the most decent of the lot.

I tugged at the hem of the dress to bring it a little down, "That's the most modest one..." I told him, "The rest, well, they are more revealing."

His eyes forest green eyes darkened, narrowed at the edges, "Hm..."

The air in the room turned thick with weird heated energy. He kept staring at me as if he was ready to forget all about the words he said to me.

I made my way to my side and sat on the edge of the bed; my back facing him, "I really don't know what they were talking about. I ran away because Aldo was everything I didn't want. Silvio and Enrico took me away—"

He cut me off mid-sentence, "Because they loved you?"

I nodded, still