Cruel Intentions

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sorry

with huge blue eyes and parted lips. Then I realized

n't close to fucking amusement. The woman-the girl-who would be

d the flowery atrocity she wore as a top. Finally, my eyes settled on her face. She stil

move to let her past and stiffened, obvio

ty. A lovely girl. That was the problem. Dressed as she was, she look

h shaking fingers, a blus

heard everyt

things had been agreed upon and now there was no going back.

, but you shouldn't be alone with me without supervision, much less stand this clo

k, but I had to admit I liked that she stood up t

the rule of my father, not yours, and even if I did, hon

ly. "But in less than four

ler. Her show was impressive, but her shak

onfidential conversation that you barged in

in the library when you

a. For weeks, I'd hardly slept through a night. The maids took most of the work off my hands, but Amara's crying wok

nto that shelf. I took a step away from her, giving he

riate," she said

ou. Later, your parents will be aro

's exhausting like that." Was she teasi

rs." I motioned toward the arm

if she tried to under

then smoothed her bangs again, but flushed when she saw me watching. Her

l me sir,"

d. "What am I supp

me Damion? I'll be

eath. "November." "Yes.

do a few more months make me a

'll feel more comfortable marrying

r lips and sh

need taking care of. Gabriele

ten months w

photos?" she aske

aken shortly before Camila's death, but she wasn't in it. G

expression softened, and she s

women in our circles. That, too, showed h

olding her." She smiled at me then beca

talk about my dea

eir faces with enough makeup to add ten years to their true age -not Alejandra. She looked like seventeen, and she wouldn't miraculousl

hind one ear, revealin

s like this?" I mot

frown. "I like dresses." The blush on h

ss more elegant in the future. You have to convey a certain image to the outside. If you

asked when she

ked then

celebration. I don't have time for it, and I don't want

ldren before we marry

ovember, and you will meet Gabriele

t to know each other before we marry?" "I

hing else you expect from me, e

children, but I couldn't bring myself to talk to a girl her age about it,

probably leave before your pa

elbows in her palms. She turned and left without an

y? The girl looked like she was going to

t, but if