Chapter 112

"Why are all these men here?" is the first thing I ask upon noticing the tall, burly men dressed in black in the room.

Each and every one of them looks like thugs, straight out of a mafia movie.

"They're your security," Alessandro informs me.

"What?" I reply, confused. "Are you crazy?"

"I'd be crazy if I left you to your own devices, given how inclined you are to tell things to your husband," he says with irony.

"I was going to."

"When? After something serious happened to you?"

"Nothing serious has happened to me so far, so I don't see why you're exaggerating."

"Are you seriously saying that? A damn intruder broke into this house a day before Paul gave you the keys, and instead of calling the police or telling someone, you chose to keep quiet," he reproaches angrily.

"I don't want to argue about this," I simply say.

"We're going to discuss it now, Claudia," Alessandro says, approaching me. "Besides the fact that you keep being unable to tell me the truth, it bothers me how reckless yo