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Page 60 of Mafia And Taken

CATE

I slept through lunch and woke mid-afternoon.

As I laid in bed, trying to wake up through my grogginess, I could hear voices coming through the open doors. I got up and went over to the balcony, looking down to see Alessio, Marco, Juliana, and Camillo sitting by the pool.

I went back and sat on the bed, wondering how on earth I’d ended up here with this man.

A short time later, Alessio came upstairs with a sandwich. “I saw you were awake, so I thought I’d bring you up some lunch.”

“Oh, let me guess, you’ve got a camera in here spying on me?”

“No, I saw you out on the balcony,” he said mildly, not rising to my sarcastic tone.

“I’m not really hungry.”

“You have to eat.”

“No, I don’t.”

“Cate.” There was a warning note in his voice.

I sighed. “Maybe later, okay? I’m not hungry right now. I feel all groggy.”

“You’d feel better if you got up and came and sat outside for a bit,” he suggested, eyeing me intently.

“Please can you just leave me alone?”

“Fine.” He looked angry but I didn’t care.

I spent the rest of the day in the bedroom, and later Alessio brought dinner up when I didn’t join the others downstairs. I picked at it and managed only a few mouthfuls. All I wanted to do was go back to sleep.

That night, I woke briefly when Alessio got into bed with me, but I just turned over and went back to sleep. I had no energy to talk to him right now anyway, and there was nothing left to say.

***

When I woke the next morning, I found Alessio was already up and dressed in blue jeans and a gray fitted t-shirt. “I’m going down to make breakfast for us now, cara.”

I didn’t respond.

“I know you’re awake, Cate.”

“Can I ring my grandmother this morning?”

“Not yet.”

“Then I’ll stay here for a bit.” I decided there was no point in getting up.

The next moment I was shrieking as he pulled the covers off me and I felt the cold air conditioning blast my skin.

“Get up and come down for breakfast.”

“I’ve got no clothes to wear,” I complained.

“I got you some yesterday. Juliana went clothes shopping, and I went with her.”

“I’m still not coming down. I don’t like the dog.”

“The dog’s not up yet. Anyway, don’t worry, I’ll protect you from him,” he said with a grin, further irking me. He wasn’t going to leave me alone.




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