"Hm. Is he a friend of yours?"
"Yes."
Costa nodded, reaching his hand up to move a stray piece of hair from my face. "If you ever let another man touch you again, there will be consequences. Do you understand?"
He spoke so softly yet so ominously...
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I thought he'd be angry, or maybe even a little cold towards me after I kind of rejected him that night in our room.
But he wasn't - which definitely earned him some brownie points.
Nothing changed between us. After our hug, I put the jewellery away in a special place in my closet. Then we got into bed and watched an episode of Pretty Little Liars as if nothing happened.
Well, one thing did change.
He hasn't stopped touching me.
He insisted on keeping an arm around me while we watched our show and then when we went to sleep.
He even did it in public which was when he lost those brownie points he earned.
The next day at breakfast he made sure I sat next to him again. The following day he pulled my chair even closer to his. Then, the next day, he put his arm around the back of my chair. He did it so casually you'd think we were actually together or something.
It's like he never heard me say I need time. No, he decided to do that and on the same day his sister arrived in Sicily - during breakfast.
She was the one who told me only family were allowed to sit at this table. So imagine how bad it looked when Costa kept an arm around me.
The commotion coming down the hallway had my eyes widening, my spoon halfway to my mouth. I had no idea she was coming so early in the morning, but apparently everyone else at the table did.
Tristano pushed his chair back in preparation but the rest of them continued eating as if nothing was going on.
I tried multiple times to nudge his stupid arm away from me, but all I received was a breathy chuckle from my husband. Riviera bounded into the kitchen, stealing all the attention like I would expect from someone like her.
The only one who got up to hug her was Tristano - her twin brother.
The twins continued eating like she wasn't even in the room. Rocco didn't bother getting up and neither did Costa. He also made sure I couldn't get up - taking away my problem of trying to decide if I should be friendly or not.
"Rocco." She smiled at her brother who only hummed in response, scrolling through his phone.
Then her gaze shifted towards the head of the table where Costa and I were sat, her eyes becoming dangerously cold. The tense silence that followed was enough to catch everyone's attention and soon all eyes were on Costa and I.
"It's nice to see you again, Rivera." I forced on my most pleasant smile, lying through my teeth.
It didn't matter though, she just continued to stare at the two of us.
