I had threatened Matteo and it felt fantastic.
It wasn't a threat he could carry out, but it was fun to see the excited expression that clouded his face for a few minutes. When he didn't say anything, I simply went to finish preparing my things, some of which I really doubted.
I had such a poker face that, when Regina came in to help me, she started laughing when she saw the mess I had made in all the drawers. I was a practical woman who was not guided by anything. I used the first thing I found without much effort, but for the first time in my life I wanted to please someone and fit into what they needed.
There was, deep inside me, a little voice telling me to please him.
I didn't know if I had already reached a point in my life where I was starting to distort everything or if I was a
