Kill Him Nine Times Chapter 06
I smelled the ocean before anything else.
When I opened my eyes, I was standing on the deck of a yacht.
Not far away, Matteo’s friends were gathered around Genevieve.
“You’re finally back. Matteo’s been losing his mind over you.”
“He only kept a substitute around to pass the time. A substitute is just a substitute. How could she ever compare to you?”
“Now that you’re back, some people need to learn their place.”
Only then did I remember.
This was a year earlier.
The day after Genevieve returned from Europe.
Matteo had chartered a yacht and taken everyone out to sea for a welcome-back party.
Before we left, he’d called me specifically to tell me not to be late.
Of course I knew what they wanted.
The only reason I was on this trip was to be their entertainment.
Putting me down was how Matteo proved that Genevieve was the only one in his heart.
Genevieve was more than happy to play along.
Before she went abroad, she had been one of the girls in their elite circle.
A few years later, her family’s company was on the verge of collapse.
If she wanted to stay in that circle, the surest way was to marry Matteo and become Mrs. DeLuca.
This yacht trip was expensive, beautiful, and had nothing to do with me.