Love in lies
I couldn't tell.
The moment the door clicked shut behind me, I crumbled. I wanted to scrub his touch off my skin, I wanted to forget the way his voice made me feel. But mostly, I wanted to understand myself, how could fear and desire exist in the same breath?
How could my body respond when my mind screamed no? I curled up on the bed, pulling the sheets around me like armor.
This mansion, this marriage, this man, none of it belonged to me. Marco Martini had carved himself into my story with brutal precision. I would survive him, I had to, even if it meant losing parts of myself along the way.
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