Natalia
Andrei didn’t look up as I approached, but I could see the hard set of his jaw from my angle.
“Are you going to let me explain myself now?” I asked, folding my arms when I came to stand in front of him. “Or are you going to run away again?”
Andrei glanced up, something dark and angry flickering in his eyes before he seemed to control himself.
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have stormed off. It was… childish of me.” He drew in a deep breath. “But Natalia, why did you kiss another man?”
The raw pain in his voice made my chest ache. I took a seat beside him and hesitated for a moment, wondering how best to tell him. Finally, I decided to just tell him everything.
“Yesterday, in the bath, I was drugged,” I said slowly, tentatively. “With an aphrodisiac. And then I was attacked.”
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