A Forced Contract Marriage with the Devil novel Chapter 40

I didn’t bother Inking back as I handed the lighard to the receptionist, though I could still feel his gaze on me, Lagas.

What kind of person jost starts talking to a stranger in a therapy office? And what kind of idiot was I for actually responding?

1 feed the thought out of my head and walked toward the exit, but just as I pushed the door open, his voice reached me again.

“See you around, Nikolai,“

1 didn’t stop. Didn’t acknowledge him. Just stepped outside and let the cold air kit my face.

I hated this place.

And I hated that for a moment, just a brief, fleeting moment, I’d forgotten about Alessandro but it was time to go hack and see him.

The drive back to Alessanden’s house was filled with silence and my anger.

the

window, watching the city blur past, my reflection barely visible in the glass. The two men in the front seats didn’t speak, didn’t even glance back at me. They never did. Alessandro’s men weren’t paid to make convenation.

Good. I didn’t want to talk too.

I was being driven back the one place I swore I’d never call home.

The car slowed as we approached Alessandro’s estate. The gates opened without hesitation, welcoming me back into my gilded cage. I exhaled sharply. schooling my expression into more anger. The moment the car stopped, one of the men stepped out and opened the door for me.

I didn’t thank him.

I just got out, walked inside, and braced myself for whatever Alessandro had planned next.

Everything was there in the house except for him.

As soon as

nas night came, I made my way to his room. He had told me that I had to sleep with him. I didn’t notice his presence instantly until when my eyes landed on his back. He was out on the balcony with a white towel wrapped up around his body.

The smoke had enveloped him, probably because he was smoking a cigar.

“You here. For the first time you have obeyed, He turned and began walking towards me. I didn’t respond to him, He took a slow drag from his cigar, his dark eyes locked onto mine as he exhaled a cloud of smoke between us. The smell clung to the air, thick and suffocating.

“You didn’t answer me,” he mumuured, stopping just in front of me.

I swallowed down the instinct to flinch. “What do you want me to say?”

Alessandro smirked, tilting his head slightly. “You could say, “Yes, Alessandro. I’ve finally learned my place.”

“Don’t push it.” I clenched my

“We sleeping together tonight, completely naked, He spoke as he unwrapped his towel. The change of topic, made me to freeze immediately. Naked?! Two ment! Was he damn serious.

He was damn serious because with in the rest minutes, he let the towel slip from his grasp, completely unbothered by his own nakedness. The air in the room seemed to still as 1 caught a glimpse of him, broad shoulders, toned abs, and lower =

I looked away instantly, my throat tightening.

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Chapter 40

He smirked, as if he could feel my reaction: “See something you like, Nikolair

“Go to hell.” I muttered, my voice tight.

Alessandro took another slow drag of his cigar, exhaling the smoke before setting it aside then laid down on his bed.

“I won’t sleep in a bed with you, especially when we both completely naked, I stated, my voice tight with disgust and entrare.

Alessandro didn’t even flinch. Instead, he simply sat up a little, his expression infuriatingly calm. I’m afraid you don’t really have a choice, said, frigning innocence. “And again, you are my husband, which meals that you are going to see my body all the time, tonight am not in the mood for sleeping in clothes. 1 want to enjoy the feeling of being naked “

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