Scarlett's POV“That friend of yours... she seems like a troublemaker,” Romano breathed against my ear after Cindy left.I knew he was going to nitpick, so I tried to fend off his suspicions.I couldn't let Cindy get caught up in this. So many people had already died. I could take care of Romano myself. We could drag each other into the pit of hell.“Please, don't do anything to her. She was just worried about me,” I pleaded.“I'm not going to do anything to her, as long as she doesn't overstep,” Romano said with a creepy smile, and I sighed.Those threats again... was he not tired of them by now?But what could I say? Control was what the monster loved, and I couldn't wait to make that control slip away from him.“She won't overstep, trust me,” I blurted, trying to assure him with a tight smile, and he only relaxed after seeing how docile I was.“If you had been this obedient when we first got married and hadn't pulled that prank on me, maybe I wouldn't have lost my mind,” Romano sai
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