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“I’m sorry.” My voice came out stilted. I had never imagined I’d be in this position, turning down a chance to be “friends” with someone like Marcus Ravelli.

When Marcus didn’t say a word, I said slowly, “I’d understand if you get mad at me because of this.”

He shook his head. “No,bambina. I don’t think I can ever be mad at you.”

Oh.

“But neither am I the type to take rejection so easily.” He faced me all of a sudden, his hand reaching for mine. I watched our fingers twine, and it was...beautiful. It was...forbidden. It was...wrong.

“Please let me go.”

“Be my friend.”

A helpless laugh escaped me. “Do you hear yourself? Can’t you see how ridiculous this is?”

“It’s not ridiculous.” His dark eyes captured mine. “Ineedyou to be my friend, Anneke. I genuinely need you to be my friend.”

Oh.

“So at least think about it?”










Four

Bruin Hemelat the crack of dawn was like a sleeping princess, with its white walls painting a gentle countenance and its bed made of faded pastel colors that streaked the cloudless sky. Its beauty was more soothing than glorious, and so was the sound of water as I did my morning laps in the pool hidden at the back of the house.

It had been three days since I last saw Marcus Ravelli, and the time spent away from him hadn’t done me any good. Every day that passed, I just had more and more questions I wanted but was too scared to ask.

What made the world a bad place for him?

Why did he need me to be his friend?

And most importantly of all – why did I even care about any of these?

I was on my third lap when a trace of footsteps drifted into my ears, and my strokes slowed. I lifted my head, thinking it was one of the young locals hired to clean the pool.

“May I join you?”


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