Chapter 77

ARIA

If I didn’t obey him, he’d hurt my sister.

Turning around and facing him, I moved towards him—just a few steps because he was standing not so far from me.

“Undress me.”

There was challenge in his eyes. The mockery. The taunt. The unspoken words.

Both of us knew who had the upper hand here. He was the one controlling all the strings here. He knew my weakness and he used it, unashamedly.

He was doing this to teach me a lesson I kept forgetting.

I was no one.

He was everything and everyone.

I was the puppet. I was meant to obey.

He was my master. His words were orders.

I wanted to scream. I wanted to protest. I wanted to. I swore I did want to but…

I could never pick myself over my sister.

Fabiano didn’t lie. He did what he said. If he acted on his threat, I would lose my sister and without her, I would turn to ashes.

I couldn’t take my frustration out on him. But I yanked his shirt apart, not bothering to unbutton the buttons one by one, letting them fly around and tumble to the gr