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“I don’t know.”
“Just you and me.”
“Just you and me. I like that.”
My head lifts at the satisfaction in his tone. He really does sound like he likes it, but why?
A rare gleam passes over his ashen gaze as he nibbles on my pinkie again. “If I tell you, do I get something in return?”
A shudder goes through me and I hesitate.
“I don’t tell things about myself without getting something in return, Lia.”
“Okay.”
“What did I say about that word?”
“I can’t just get rid of it.”
“You will learn to. In time. Or there will be consequences.”
I stare up at him, my mouth agape. “What type of consequences?”
“You’ll see.”
“Ok—I mean, fine. So?”
“So what?”
“You said you want something. What is it?”
“I’ll let you know later.”
I don’t like the sound of that. “Why don’t you tell me now?”
“Because I don’t want to.”
Ugh. This asshole.
Before I can allow my tongue to curse him and possibly ruin any chance of getting what I want, he says, “I was born outside of marriage. My mother was my father’s mistress before she killed my stepmother and married him.”
My lips part, not only at the load of information, but also at the apathetic way he says it. As if it’s normal, everyday life.
Is he really a sociopath?
“But how…?” I sound as bemused as I feel.
“You asked for one thing, Lia.” He pulls me to his side. “Now, it’s my turn.”
Tendrils of both anticipation and fear coil inside me as I murmur, “Your turn…for what?”
“You’ll find out once we’re in your apartment.”
12
Lia
Adrian doesn’t speak as we walk down the hall to my apartment. He doesn’t speak when I put in the code, trying to hide it from him after I changed it a few days ago.
