Chapter 34
- Elsa
- The banquet is as boring as they got. Marcello keepss conversing with the men sitting at our table, discreetly stroking my thigh once in a while.
- “I need to go to the other room,” he says. “Unfortunately, you may not participate in that conversation. I’ll leave you under Gabriele's care.” He kisses me on the forehead and leaves for the door, trailed by the other men.