Chapter Thirty Nine: A night with a stranger

Ella

My eyes flutter open and I try to get up but I end up right back in bed. My body feels like I have been hit by a truck. Every muscle in my body screams in protest as I try to move. Adrian's impromptu training session has left me physically drained, and the soreness was a constant reminder of the challenges I was facing.

The most irritating thing is having to drive at a crazy speed without him even giving me an explanation. Italian men are a bunch of assholes. From this moment forward I will judge them based on one man.

And to think only his presence would drain me. I don't even remember how I fell asleep after rejecting Blondie's food. What if she tried to kill me?

Okay, that's a stretch because Adrian will kill her too. That much she knows and I do too. But this warm feeling in my heart doesn't mean that I forgive what he did.

You can't just marry someone like this.

Hell, I don't even know if I want to get married. Why can't he just keep me as a pet instead?

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