Jolie accepted the glass of wine Brix held to her and settled into the plush armchair. She looked up in surprise when Malik tucked a throw blanket around her legs and rubbed her shoulder softly.
Elio watched the movements of the two men pandering to Jolie’s nerves and smiled. “You have them wrapped around your finger as easily as Pia has done.”
Her eyes widened at his words, “no!”
Brix shrugged, “can’t be helped. She’s so tiny it brings out the cavemen in us. She needs to be protected.”
She stared at him in surprise and took a gulp of the wine.
“Jolie, I need you to explain what happened with your father and Val. I’m not understanding why you are so angry with your dad.” Elio cut to the chase. “Can you explain to me everything from the moment you first saw Valentin?”
She nodded and l
