Lucia
I reached for the door knob, but suddenly felt a force pulling me backwards. I was spun around, then slammed against the door.
Adriano had my shirt gripped in his palm as his body caged me in. "Do you have a death wish?" He gritted.
"You didn't keep your word. What else do you want me to say?"
He released my shirt to pin my body to the door using his. I gasped at the suddenness of the contact. His body heat seeped into mine, his scent wrapping around me, engulfing me.
"Who said I wouldn't keep my word?"
I closely gauged his reaction. "You'll grant me my rightful place, then?"
" Your rightful place…" he mumbled, pulling his face startlingly close to mine before going on. "I just proposed for you to take that rightful place, but you didn't feel like doing it."
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