Then I press my ear against the surface of the door, but I don’t have to strain too hard because I canhear them both clearly.
“So what’s the deal with that?” Vanessa inquires curiously.
Matteo’s voice is gruff but not uninterested. “What do you mean?”
“Who is she? She must be someone important, huh? If she needs a bodyguard?”
“No? What are you then?”
There’s a beat of silence.
“It must get lonely though, right?” Vanessa continues. She’s laying it on thick. Full porn-star voice,like every word is a breathy moan. “Standing guard all day and all night, with no company, no one totalk to.”
“I don’t need anyone to talk to.”
“Everyone needs someone to talk to.”
“No?” Vanessa asks, her tone getting downright suggestive. “Well, then, we don’t have to talk at all.”
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