CHAPTER 643. RED PROMISE. You Are Mine

Mauro looked like he was about to explode with rage. Ainara stood in front of him, defiant, holding those papers as if proving she was a woman who could get anything she wanted.

“You disobeyed me!”

“I don’t exist to obey you!” she hissed back.

“We have a contract!”

“One that demands pleasure! Pleasure, pretty boy—not obedience!” Ainara shot back. “And it seems pretty clear that you need me more than I need you.”

She thrust the paper she’d obtained from the official in his direction, and Mauro read the name of a woman written on it.

“Do you know her?”

“No, I don’t,” he muttered, frowning. “Who is she?”

“The one who paid to have your bid denied. And by the way, Rosso is the one who got it approved for you, so learn some manners and thank him!”

Ainara lifted her chin and moved to walk past him, but Mauro’s abrupt grip on her arm stopped her. He pulled her roughly against his body. He didn’t care about the hospital or whoever was trying to stop it—w