Chapter 39 The Firstborn

• "By Giovanna Villani"
• Day after day, maintaining the mask of serenity and pretending that everything I do is part of my duty becomes more and more difficult. With temptation literally sleeping in the room next door, I find myself daily forced to control my impulses, just so I don't make up an excuse and go to his room.
• As a result, in the past two weeks since our return, I have been holding back from becoming the annoying and lovestruck woman that Matteo apparently fears I will become.