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CHAPTER 35: SOLD

Her throat was parched dry. Her limbs are numb, and everything hurts. Italia whimpered, when she woke up again with the splash of cold water.

“A—ah!” She let out a low shriek as she hugged her body.

Blinking past towards the blinding light, Italia could see Fredo in front of her.

“Did I wake you up?” He chuckled.

He always laugh, and Italia....she was beginning to hate how much he was gaining amusement from her suffrage.

“N—not at all, Sir.” Her jaw clenched as she lied between her teeth

The cold made her tremble, her lips are already quivering, and she could have sworn that she was already pale from what he pulled. But Fredo Montreal doesn’t seems he care. Only if Italia began to talk back, and earned back her strength. In that case, he would something to put up the fire and the feisty Italia would just succumbed, submit and pleaded for her life.

She hated it.

Fredo Montreal. Italia began hating that name.

“Good.” The man then soon pulled her arms harshly. “Then you’
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