Page 101 of Pretty Plaything

Chapter 52

I’M JUST SO DAMN TIREDthat I don’t even argue when Alessandro takes my bloody clothes off me. We’re in one of the bathrooms in our house. That’s all I know, and I barely remember how we even got here.

After Alessandro takes off his clothes, he pulls me into his arms and lowers me into a huge bathtub with him.

His arms are tight around me. As I feel his fingers move down my body, I instantly feel warm all over.

“What are you using me for now?” I ask, lifting my gaze to his. “Sex?”

“I wasn’t using—” He closes his eyes for a moment. “Yes, I was using you. I wanted to use you. But that was before I got to know you and spend time with you. I wasn’t about to go through with my plan. I wanted to find another way, but since I was busy with Mauro—”

“Mauro’s dead, right?”

He nods. “I killed him.”

“How did you find me?”

He licks his lips. His fingers lift to my shoulder and linger on the spot that hurts lightly when he presses on it.

“I put a tracker under your skin.”

I look straight into his eyes and burst into laughter. “You chipped me like some animal? Of course. Why the fuck not? You can’t let your pet get away, can you?”

“I’m sorry. I should’ve told you, but you would’ve objected. And I can’t... I can’t keep losing people, okay?” His eyes swirl with so much emotion I almost drown in them.

“So now that you know everything, what are you going to do to my father for his part in the whole thing?”

“I’m going to talk to him. Just to make some things crystal clear. He had a deal with Mauro, and he was honoring it. He wasn’t the one who went after my family. Your father is going to lose a lot now that Mauro’s gone. I don’t want anything of Mauro’s. I’m sure someone else will grab his territory and possessions. I don’t give a shit about that. I want it all gone and destroyed.”

“I guess I should thank you for sparing my family, then.” I glare at him.

“Sienna...”

“What? Can’t you just be honest with me for once?” I stare straight into his eyes, willing him to tell me whatever the hell is on his mind and whatever the fuck he’s going to do with me next. “It’s not like I can do something or get away from you. So come on, speak!”