Matteo had frozen above me as he stared down at me in surprise. “Gianna?” My face turned hot. “Shut up,” I muttered. I loosened my fingers, which had clawed at the bedsheet. Matteo’s eyes were soft. “Why didn’t you tell me?” I decided to play dumb. Maybe I could convince him this wasn’t what it looked like. “Tell you what?” A sly grin twisted his lips, and I wanted nothing more than to wipe it off his face. Of course he didn’t buy my lie. He wasn’t an idiot. He was a master manipulator and I obviously had a lot to learn before I could trick him. “That I’m your first,” he said. Did he have to
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