Her Quiet Revenge

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reading some books. It was quite interesting to say; I was s

ously, I sat up straight, smoothing the dress I had on, which ha

Ro

y heart kept beating fast with each step he took. Deciding to count it as nothing

ble Marquis?" I spat at him. "It must have been fun fooling me,

rprised look. He was walking towards me

wake up and not get fooled once again by an Italian man

ng at all; deceiving others i

ward before gently gripping my shoulders an

lian man doesn't give you the right to jud

earlier this morning completely replaced wit

so as not to look inferior to him. "I am not judging anyone, a

hatever you say you saw," he ret

ad to look at him. "Really then, how do you explain the fact that you k

ession, he shrugged his shoulders

necessary for Rose, and that

st said-I mean, how sure am I that he was not lying? Definitely, I cannot

e moment, he led the way to the dini

o Tomm

. The urgency to get a wife was already here, and I was not y

. He was from the other side, or, as I like to put it, the other chain of the family, and

choice, I thought, slightly glancing at the lady at the other side of the

is won't end well. I thought abou

business, but is everything alright?" She asked b

sked, and please call

ike she was testing my name, and I li

r with a serious expression to show that

th of us," I said, still looking at her

ead. "Will you marry me?" I asked her again, watching her

t di

thing, hear me out first,

s I turned around to leave the dining roo

ain myself to her, as I knew how important this

e, this time raising an eyebrow

that you definitely will need help fighting both your ex-boyfriends, and who better to h

m in urgent need of a wife; as you see, it's a

sly, she asked, "Why

ous or life-threatening," I said, as I did not see any reason to tell her about my fami

her as I noticed she was already lookin

me with a poker expression on her face.

one condition," she said, looki

that?"

we both get what we want," she

out the period of this deal," she adde

g to be my wife after all," I said, trying to clear my thoughts as the memory of

ver let you touch me, so forget about it." She was gl

y legs, and looked at her before nodding my he