Unbearable Innocence

Matteo's smile deepened....cruel, controlled.

“I want you to remember that,” he said. “I don’t want to use your weakness against you.”

A pause. “But....” He chuckled, dry and sharp. “I could.”

He looked at his watch then, casually.

“I’m going downstairs,” he said, turning for the door. “And in exactly ten minutes, I want your ass in the car.”

And with that, he turned to walk out, leaving his threa