Chapter 32: Sister-in-law.I finished my food, took knitting with Mamma Lia, and played chess with Stefano. Unfortunately for him, he lacked the skills to beat a woman of my kind. Apart from the drama with Adriano, I felt like my day was off to a good start."I think Gia should get a purple bow tie, black's a little too masculine," Evonne suggested."You think?" I asked. "But I really feel like blue would shine more on her white fur." I paused. "Oh! Red is sexy and fierce. We could make it a bow on her head though.""Oh, wow! Yes, red," Evonne liked my idea."What do you think Gia? How's red?" I asked Gia, who was sitting on Adriano's grey rug."What happened to the cream rug?" I asked Evonne before Gia could woof in approval."You don't remember?""Remember what? What did I do last night? I was going to ask, but I got carried away." I nearly panicked. Everything was in a haze. My memories were absolutely distorted."Well," she nervously looked away."Well? Tell me," I demanded."It's

Chapter 34: The Four Fs.After everyone was settled, Mamma Lia decided to get busy by making dinner while I intended to pass on that. The aroma of her food and my greedy watering mouth pulled me like some magnetic tool, and in the end, I joined her in making some traditional Italian cuisine plus some lasagna because I was craving it."Don Adri is back." A maid rushed to the kitchen. I was still tasting the food so Mamma Lia could dice some more onions. I hated onions."Oh." I immediately untied my apron and removed the cotton gloves I had on. "I'll be back.""I understand, I'll make the rest of it." She smiled. "Go to your husband." She urged me.I sheepishly creaked open the door of our room. Adriano was undoing his tie with his back facing me. "You don't have to sneak around.""Don't be a party pooper, Adriano." I said with my tongue in my cheek."Did anyone give you any trouble?" He spun around."No. Why would they?""That's good." He sighed out of relief."Were they the unwanted gu

Chapter 36: Gurlcation [1]I was thankful that Adriano didn't ask me any questions. He just sat with me, finished the N*****x thriller series with me, and let me go to bed. Since Adriano's uncles had already cancelled the rule thing, he was up early and left for the office before they could all wake up.I picked out a short blue and black flowery patterned dress and beach-like flat sandals with lace-ups. I went for curling my hair because wavy hair would go with my look. My brunette curls couldn't have looked much better.I put on a black headband with a bow and took a black purse, hanging it on my shoulder and finishing up my neutral make-up. I totally looked like I went back to looking eighteen or nineteen at most.Gia was waiting at the staircase as usual to say good morning. She barked and wagged her tail joyfully upon seeing me."I'll take that as a compliment." I kissed her head, lifting her up. "You better not poop on me," I warned, and she let out a woof in response.No one els

Chapter 38: Treacherous DecisionsAdriano drove himself; he wanted it to be just the two of us."Are you seriously not going to tell me?" I crossed my arms, pouting my lips."You look like Gia right now," he said, taking one of his hands off the steering wheel to ruffle my hair."Get your hand off my head." I smacked his hand away.He chuckled. "How do you keep getting cuter?""It's a natural charm," I laughed, flipping my hair. "Are you seriously not going to tell me where we're going?""Curiosity killed the cat."I tittered. "Curiosity has never killed me.""You'd be surprised," he grinned widely."You're too full of yourself," I rolled my eyes."Quite rich coming from you, Serena."I scoffed. "What do you mean?""You know what I mean.""I don't," I retorted."We're here," he told me. We were in front of a grey apartment gate.'Does he want to introduce me to someone else?' I thought. That better not be the surprise."Adriano, where are we?" I furrowed my eyebrows."My apartment," he

Chapter 40: Ti Amo.~•~R18~•~"I need a towel," I said, shuddering slightly from the breeze. "I'm cold.""Oh." He paced back and forth as if he forgot where the towels were. He was a lot of things, but Adriano wasn't clumsy. I couldn't help but chuckle at how he had been lately.Was it because of me?"Here.""Thanks." I smiled, taking the towel from him. He wrapped his towel around his torso. I guessed the cold didn't affect him as much as it affected me."So?" He gestured towards the bathroom."Y-yeah." I nodded, knowing we weren't just going to shower.After placing our towels on the towel hanger, he ran the shower and got a nice lavender-scented body wash. It smelled really divine. Everywhere he touched tingled as he ran his hands over my body in a bid to wash me. The warm water and steam helped with the cold, but it felt like his body contact was the only thing that could completely get rid of the shivers."Let me wash you too." I took some of the body wash on my hands and ran th