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The Offer: Love Me - Hate Me Stellina
Danielle I wake up feeling the worst I ever felt. As I try to prop myself up onto my forearms, a stingy pain on my back gets me to fall back onto the soft mattress with a cry of pain. My wounds must have opened again, and I claw onto the satin bed sheets, trying to take a few calming breaths as I hear a rustling sound, causing panic to ripple through me. The bed dips and I turn around to see a petite woman climb on the bed while shushing, obviously trying to soothe me. “Shh, Stellina. Everything is good now. Please, don’t move too much. I’ve applied an ointment on your wounds, and it has to dry a bit more to take its effect. I know it’s not comfortable at all. I’m so sorry about this.” I look at her, inexplicably calming down at her words immediately. Must be a hell of a training those human traffickers get. She has big dark brown eyes and the face of an angel. Her black hair is collected in a low updo, and her demeanor makes me feel like crawling into her arms and asking her t
The Offer: Love Me - Hate Me Dinner Talk
Danielle “So, are you going to tell me where the wounds on your back come from?” He asks me as he drives his fork through the steaming pasta on his plate. “Erm…” I start, clearing my throat. “I will. And I’ll also tell you what happened the night I called you in tears, but I guess we will need more than just wine to get through that.” Biting my lip, I watch how he groans just before taking a bite of his food. “And… I found out who the man was.” “I was fearing as much,” he turns his face to look at me, his eyes burning into mine, making me gulp. “How did you know who he was?” He shifts in his seat, turning to face me. “Don’t hate me.” I nod, and he taps his finger on the table a few times as if he were thinking about where to start his explanation. “I work with such… let’s call them recruiters… as well. They go to the family homes and buy young women from their families to have them working… Well, the streets.” “Oh, God,” I whisper, closing my eyes.He reaches out to take my han
The Offer: Love Me - Hate Me Everything they did to me
Danielle After making the pact that he wouldn’t go on a rampage when I tell him the truth and not withhold anything, I took a deep breath and let go of everything. Even if he was freaking me out as he listened to me with clenched teeth and a destructive expression, he let me recite my tale without any interruption. By the moment I got to the last few days and just finished telling him how my brother had reopened the wounds he had inflicted on me a few days before with a fiery knife, I could literally feel his rage rolling off him in waves. He pressed his hands together, bringing them to his lips before taking a deep breath to calm his nerves. I gave him a moment to ease down, but he gestured to me to continue. “It can’t possibly get much worse than that!” he growls, making me purse my lips. “I can’t fucking believe this,” he groans, shifting in his seat to prop his arm onto his knees. “Danielle, why the hell didn’t you tell me about this?” Lifting my finger, I stop his angry r
The Offer: Love Me - Hate Me Girls talk
Danielle I feel like I hit a brick wall and take a physical step back, wanting to increase the distance between us but he lifts his hand, cupping my chin, keeping me from distancing myself more. My breath hitches in my throat as I look back up at him, getting imprisoned by his icy glare, “I just don’t want you to be alone tonight. Your week was bad enough.” I nod lightly, making him sigh. “Good night,” he says to no one in particular before he turns around to get into his car. “Good night,” Loredana says from behind me. “You aren’t going to break your promise, right?” I ask, stepping between the car and the open door. He looks up, and finally, I get him to grin at me. “Of course not.” “Okay,” I whisper, taking a step back and hugging myself as he closes the door. Loredana comes to stand next to me, hugging me to her side as we watch Giovanni's and Valerio’s car drive off the parking lot. As I walk home with Loredana in the cool summer night air, I have officially given up on
The Offer: Love Me - Hate Me A couch and a princess-themed room
Danielle “Here,” he says casually, passing me the card he took out of the envelope. “I guess you will need that.” I laugh as I take the key. “Oh, so you won’t keep me locked up in your fancy castle?” “Not unless you want me to,” he jokes, getting out of the car. I put the key into my wallet and follow him to the elevators. “Not really, no. I’m so close to getting my degree, but afterwards, I don’t care.” “Don’t give me strange ideas, Danielle.” He grins at me, making me chuckle. He lets me open the apartment with my new key to check once again if it works and as I close the door behind us, I still can’t shake the feeling off that something just feels awkward. “Are we going out for lunch?” I try to ease up the situation and he nods, not really helping me. “If you want to.” Stepping into my way as I’m about to make a beeline to the wardrobe and change into something else, he makes my heart halt in my chest. “But I have to show you something first. Come with me.” I follow him th
The Offer: Love Me - Hate Me Let’s make a deal!
Danielle I nod repeatedly, suddenly feeling incredibly stupid. “Yes, sure. I know that I’m exclusively yours. I got that.” He shakes his head, lowering his gaze back down. Oh, no! “Why would you think you are exclusive and I can whore around? Why should I do such a thing if I pay you to be mine?” I cringe at the sound of that, my heart squeezing painfully in my chest. “Sorry, I didn’t want to anger you. I simply wanted to say that you can send me away too.” He clicks his tongue and starts filling the plates with food. God, I was so hungry just moments ago, and now I can’t even imagine eating a little bit. Pushing the plates in my direction, he walks around the bar, taking his seat next to mine. He sighs as he murmurs, changing the subject elegantly. “Maybe I should get a table too.”So, case closed I presume. “Oh, no. You have to stop changing everything in your apartment just because of me.” I tap the gray granite on the bar. “It’s perfectly fine for me to eat here.” He ju
The Offer: Love Me - Hate Me She is back
Giovanni - 2 years ago I pull at my sleeves again as I change the way I’m leaning against the car yet another time.This is ridiculous.Taking a deep sigh, I pull out my phone, clicking my tongue as I find a message from Federica on it. I scoff, deleting the text after having read her usual nonsense blabbering and clearing my throat as I straighten myself. Feeling like my tie is suffocating me, I figure that I’m looking like a total loser anyway and strip it off me, opening the first button of my shirt.Throwing my tie into my car, I check my clock again.Maybe it’s better if I wait for her inside.I take a deep breath and start walking but after a few steps, I decide otherwise. Luckily, I haven’t turned around yet as I see Danielle walking out of the airport with a trolley. A fancy duffle bag is draped around its handle as she pushes it, looking around curiously.She looks breathtakingly beautiful. Even more stunning than what my love-sick brain remembered. Her creamy skin has a
The Offer: Love Me - Hate Me Playing family
Danielle“I had someone take a sample of your blood. To analyze it, I mean.” I’m about to say something to express my growing panic as he squeezes me further against his chest, calming me instantaneously. “I have a good friend from another territory. They have an army of lab-rats.” I hear him take a deep breath. “His wife is one of them, so he could send her without raising any suspicions and she will surely treat it confidential. And they are not corrupt. Don’t worry.” Labs? Oh, dear! “You gave my blood out to the Degli Baronesis?” I ask shocked, wanting to wiggle out of his grip.He chuckles, freeing me with a last squeeze. “Don’t worry. They are good people.” I snort as I turn around to face him. “That’s the first time I hear that.” Rolling my eyes, I look at him agape as he smiles wickedly. “What?!” “I just love how proud you are of your territory.” I shrug, nestling back into his arms with a few wiggles and he wraps his arms around me. Inhaling deeply, I breathe in his
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