"You had to show up," I said with obvious annoyance in my tone."To keep you company, love," hell, how disgusted I felt hearing that word come out of his mouth."Don't start bothering her, Javier," my cousin warned him."You shut up, it's not with you," that damned idiot reprimanded him."Would you stop talking bullshit sometime," I interjected, raising my voice. "What are you doing here and what do you want?""I didn't say anything stupid, I just answered honestly to the question your friend asked," he replied winking at me, instead I rolled mine, jaded."Well, no one asked you to answer, and if you don't have anything interesting to say, you can just leave," Eva said, but the stupid man just laughed at what he had just heard."Don't be jealous, blondie, you're hot too," he said, making her turn red with rage."Asshole!," said Alexis, but Claudia stopped him.Suddenly he slowly walked over to where I was sitting. He looked drunk or stoned and frankly I didn't like those vices."But C

"Let's dance, you came here to have fun!" exclaimed my friend, grabbing my hands to make me jump with her. "Move with me!"I just laughed at her attempt to force me to dance. She looked like a little girl."CLAUDIA! CLAUDIA! CLAUDIA!" The three of them start shouting in chorus, drawing the attention of the people around us, making me red with grief. "Do it!"They insisted again, moving me among everyone, and I had no choice but to play along, dancing to their rhythm and causing them to let out screams as I jumped up and down with them.Little by little, catching their joy, I danced along with them with more ease, enjoying myself to the sound of the song, forgetting everything else. I got into my own world with the music, and I ran my hands all over my body, swaying slowly from side to side."Baby, this is what you came for!" sings Eva at the top of her lungs, pointing at me with a mischievous grin as she shakes her hair from side to side. " Lightning strikes every time she moves"She

"I want you to undress for me," he says in an authoritative tone, and I don't understand why hearing him speak that way makes my breathing quicken."Now," he demands impatiently.He wouldn't take his eyes off me, and I slowly began to obey, pulling down the thin straps of the dress I was wearing, then grabbing the fabric on both sides, pulling it away from my body and standing in my underwear in front of him.I noticed in detail his reaction to seeing the lace lingerie on my body, and I did not miss the moment in which he slid his tongue along his lower lip, while his tongue along his lower lip, as he ran all over me and his breathing became heavy."Go on," he said, beginning to unbutton the buttons of his shirt, exposing his defined torso.I began to strip off my bra and then threw it in his direction, getting him to catch it. Now the only thing that covered me moderately were my panties, and when I was about to take them off too under his watchful eye, his voice made me stop."Leave

When I come out of my reverie, I run to grab the TV remote to turn it on with my heart pounding as I scroll through the programming.But I don't even have to look very hard, because I quickly find a channel that makes all my blood freeze.The first thing that is shown on the screen and in full color, are the photos taken by the paparazzi, in which Alessandro and I are holding hands, outside the club with the headline: "Alessandro Lombardi has a new girlfriend?"With my trembling hand, I turn up the volume on the remote, so I can hear what the anchorwoman is saying about the images that are flashing before my eyes."After keeping a low profile these days, acclaimed businessman Alessandro Lombardi was spotted leaving a club downtown with none other than a girl who is not our Anna," the young presenter says."As you just heard, apparently the singer has a new girlfriend, after his breakup with model Anna Rosetti several months ago. According to reports and photographs of people who saw t

"Tomorrow I'm going back to Florence," Alessandro suddenly declares."What?," I exclaim perplexed, turning my eyes towards him."Yes, and it's not because Karen's witch asked me to, but because I'm tired of this city.""But...""I'll wait for you in the car to get your luggage out," he interrupts me, and I pause for a moment to process what he told me."What? No." I deny immediately."What do you mean, no?" he questions, frowning."I still have a few days left here, and I don't want to leave," I explain, and it's true. "I want to spend my last few days here with my parents and my friends before I go back.""You will come with me, Claudia," he demands. "I've already waited too long for you in this place."Is he assuming that I will go with him without even consulting with me?"Alessandro, it's my rest too, remember? If you want to leave, go ahead, I don't object. But I won't go with you," I say reluctantly, it's already that's the last straw."Do you mean what you say or do you just wa