My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 462

Chapter 462

Adriano stared at me for a long, tense second, his face deadpan. He turned back to the line of women, clapping lus hands loudly. “Alright, ladies, change of plans. Back to the limo. I’ll pay you extra for the stairs.”

The girls began to turn around, bumping into each other clumsily due to the blindfolds, muttering complaints as Adriano guided them back up the steps.

I let out a long breath, rubbing my temples until my skull hurt. I turned back to my four monitors, my fingers resting on the keyboard, and finally left to my millions in absolute peace.

But that peace lasted for about two seconds.

The door at the top of the stairs banged open again, and the annoying sound of Adriano’s shoes echoed down the walls. He marched right back into the room, leaning his frame against the side of my desk.

“I think I finally figured out your fucking problem,” he said, his tone suddenly very serious.

“Yeah? Enlighten me, what’s that?” I asked dryly, my fingers never stopping their rapid clicking on the keyboard. I didn’t give him an inch of my attention.

“What if I brought Gianna down those steps right now?” he stated, leaning forward, his massive hands planting flat on my desk, “Would you still be sitting there looking all disgusted, you fake-ass priest?”

For a split second, my entire brain went completely blank. The code on the screen froze. My heart did a strange, sudden jerk against my ribs-a physical sensation I couldn’t even name or understand. The moment her name left his mouth, a weird, hot pressure flared deep inside my chest, making it hard to draw air.

I pushed out of my chair, spinning around to face him, my eyes narrowing into slits, “What the fuck did you just say to me?” I hissed.

“It’s over?” Adriano barked, a mean, mocking smile twisting his lips, “Yeah, sure, it’ll be over when you stop staring at that girl like you’re a starving dog and she’s the only fucking piece of meat left in the entire world. You look like you want to devour her every time she walks into space.”

“I don’t do that-”

“Vincenzo saw you, you dumb piece of shit!”

I froze instantly. My entire body went rigid, the air locking tight in my throat. “What?”

“Vincenzo knows,” Adriano said, “He doesn’t know the full story. He doesn’t know how far this shit has actually gone between you two, but he saw the way you looked at her, and he fucking knows. I didn’t bring those sex workers down here tonight because I wanted to, Raphael. Vincenzo sent them. He told me to tell you to fuck whatever this fixation is completely out of your system tonight, and to never even look in her direction again.”