Sweet Temptation novel · Chapter 10 of 24

Chapter 10: The Order

In the morning he was gone from the bed, and my robe lay folded on a chair.

The phone was no longer on the floor.

My stomach dropped, and then I found it in the pocket, where someone had put it back.

I stood holding it, hot with shame.

He had seen it, and he had let me keep it.

I didn't understand that man, and I was starting to be afraid of how much I wanted to.

At eight I drove Tommaso to school myself.

Vito sat in the front seat with his arms crossed, and the boy sat in the back, and for the first time he didn't pretend I wasn't there.

"Are you going to make me wear the stupid tie?" he said.

"I'm going to suggest it."

"I'll wear it if Sofia can come to pickup."

"Done."

He nearly smiled.

He got out at the gate with his backpack on one shoulder, and he looked back at me over his shoulder before he went in.

It was the first time.

I was still watching him when someone rapped on my window.

A man in a dark overcoat stood at the curb with his hands in his pockets.

He was one of the three from my father's hall.

I lowered the glass an inch.

"Mrs. Monteleone." He said it with no respect. "Your father sends his love."

Vito reached for the door handle.

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