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ARIA AKA RED

"You know, you don't have to walk so close to me." I snap at Nio, who walks right behind me as I descend the stairs. "Where am I going to run off to? The front gate just to be escorted back inside?" I ask sarcastically.

"It's my duty to watch over you."

"Just as it was your burden to wait in the corner of the room while I changed my clothes?" I utter the words with malice. "Did Mr Volkov want you to see me half naked?" As my feet touch the marble floors at the bottom of the steps, I turn around to face him.

His jaw ticks as he looks down at me from his towering position. "Do you seriously think that Mr Volkov gives two shits about you?" He smirks devilishly with haunting eyes. "You are nothing but a business transaction who won't put out." He chuckles, running his fingers through his chocolate brown hair.

A murderous beat of angry footsteps comes to a halt, "I bet her husband would still cut out your tongue if he ever heard you speaking to his wife like that?" Ella his