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When I get out, a stack of clothes is waiting for me on the bed. A panty and bra set with the tags still on them. Three leggings and four top options. I get dressed, choosing Lululemon leggings and a loose sweater before heading downstairs. Isabella and Bria are waiting for me in the foyer.
Right before I hit the bottom step and approach them, I freeze. A pain forms in the back of my throat when I come face-to-face with the blonde from our engagement party. Her blue eyes widen when they meet mine. She turns, not giving me a moment to speak, and speed-walks down a corridor.
Oh, hell no.
I can either chase after her or yell at Benny.
“Where’s Benny?” I snap, rushing down the last stair.
Bria and Isabella look straight at a shut door.
I march toward it and bang on the door without considering the consequences.
“Benny Marchetti!” I yell through it. “You’d better get out here right now!”
It’s a ballsy move.
But after what happened today, I deserve to be ballsy.
I hear voices on the other side, and the door swings open just as I raise my hand to knock again. Benny’s jaw is tight when he appears in the doorway and gives me a questioning glance.
I signal to where I ran into the woman even though she’s no longer there. “What the hell is she doing here?”
He steps out of the office and pulls me into a corner. “She who?”
I push at his shoulder, ready to take today’s emotions out on him. “The girl from the night of our engagement party.”
Understanding dawns on him.
He rubs his forehead. “Gretchen lives here.” Before I can rant, he presses a finger to my mouth. “Sheworkshere, and, no, I won’t touch her again. But I can’t do this with you right now.”
I glare at him. “This conversation is not over.”
He scrubs a hand over his stressed face. “Trust me, I’m well aware.”
“Neomi! Where is my gorgeous bride?!”
I turn at my mother’s voice singing through the room, and she struts toward me. Behind her is Alfonso, my old bodyguard. After the engagement party, where I claimed Alfonso was hot as fuck, my father informed me Alfonso had been assigned elsewhere.
Not that my sisters and I keep a regular bodyguard. We like to maintain some freedom. I have a feeling that part of my life will change now that I’m a Marchetti. Rumor is, Gigi and Natalia can’t even step outside without a bodyguard. Gigi’s bodyguard even travels with her across the world.
“Come on, honey,” she continues, her tone sugary-sweet. “Everything is ready.” Her attention slides to Benny. “Are you sure you can’t stayat leastfor dinner?”
Benny shakes his head.
My mother grins. “I’ll save you and your father a plate then.”
Benny nods.
When my mother walks away, I start to follow, but Benny’s hand closes around my arm.
“I’ll be out late,” he says, only loud enough for me to hear. “You can sleep in my bedroom until I return, and we can go home.” He doesn’t allow me to tell him I’m not sleeping in his bedroom before walking away. He reenters the room he was in and slams the door shut behind him.
Ten minutes later, when I’m in the dining room with my sisters, my mother, Gigi, and Natalia, I spot Benny and his father leaving the mansion.
* * *
I pickat every course of our meal.
