40. Attention

Saint Giordano

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Adriana was going to be the death of me.

I was stressed with work but that didn’t affect my personal life because I was confident that I could turn things around. What got me angry, however, was the fact that she still let Benjamin affect her decisions.

I needed her to not care about him anymore.

Maybe I made a mistake by telling her to come upstairs on her own. That resulted in her arguing with Ben and intentionally hurting herself. She was so fucking manipulative. It was a glaring red flag but I couldn’t care less. I was worse than her so I couldn’t complain.

“So my family knows about you.” She mentioned casually, swinging her short legs as she sat on the counter.

“It’s quite hard for them not to, Adriana.” I deadpanned, trying to ignore how good she smelled. We had been photographed while we were kissing. That picture was currently everywhere in the media outlets. After seeing the picture, my brother and his wife asked me if I was serious about Adriana. They usua