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Dio.
That gorgeous face.
“I didn’t understand how they got together until she told me it was arranged,” she shrugs.
“Yes, but that’s what bothers you about her? She’s bright and he’s an ass?”
She scoffs. “No, it’s the comparison.”
I tense.
“To us?”
“No, me and her.”
My jaw ticks. Heat spikes under my skin.
“Who compared you to her?”
She looks at me, a small smile tugging at her lips. “You look angry.”
“I am.” My voice is low, lethal. “Who the fuck thought they could pitmy wifeagainst someone else and even attempt to make a comparison?”
I lean forward, eyes locked on hers.
“Who did it?”
Her eyebrows lift, but she looks…delighted.
That should calm me. It doesn’t.
Because it means she knows I’ll end whoever compared her, and she’s still keeping this to herself.
My fists clench before I even realize it, knuckles whitening as rage flickers under my skin like live wires.
But then she answers.
“I did.”
The silence that follows is deafening.
Like she just detonated something between us and walked away from the blast.
Chapter 30
Adriana
Ican’t believe I just told him that.
“Youdid?”he asks, his voice threading through my thoughts.
I take a breath. I have to explain. He’s going to think I’m jealous.
“I know I’m beautiful—”
“You are,” he interrupts, immediately.
A soft chuckle escapes me despite myself.
