I was at the bar playing dice games with a growing crowd of men.My companions, Alessandro and Angelo, circled me. Plenty of other men who thought themselves attractive enough grew bold, crowding around my table to offer themselves up.Round after round of dice clattered across the table. No matter what I rolled, they found ways to keep me entertained.Glass after glass went down.Valentina finally snapped. She stormed over, practically vibrating with fury and humiliation."Grazia! What the hell are you doing? Don't you have any shame? Who are these people?"I lifted my head and gave her a lazy look, then smiled. The smile didn't quite reach my eyes."What's wrong?"I threw her own message back at her, word for word. "Your brother gets to work hard out here for our future, but I can't?"I paused, my gaze sliding past her to Vincenzo, whose expression had gone dark as thunder. "Or is it that Vincenzo's future doesn't include me anymore?"Valentina's face flushed red, then whit
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