ella
's belongings, her hands still trembling as she
iting convoy, a sharp, condescendi
gedy, Miss
tine wool coat, her nose slightly wrinkled in disgust as she took in my dirt-stained clothes. She
ng with mock pity. "A heavy price for a discarded wife. We've prepared a seat for you
t curve of her lips, expecting
ht past her, my boots crunching against the gravel. I bypassed the standard sedan and headed
lly sprinted ahead to pull
p, and rolled the tinted window down halfway. Carla stood frozen
r, my voice devoid of any
ially annulled your marriage! You have no power anym
at being gods meant nothing to a woman who had already seen the end of
When the imposing wrought-iron gates of the Moretti estate fin
round to a s
e entrance. Standing casually by the hood was a man I recogni
life, Damien's men hadn't come for Angelo today,
epped out, immediately pushing An
Miss Moretti. I am here on Don Valenti's orders. I'v
enom. "Damien is a monster who trades his own flesh and blood like cas
"It is for Angelo's future, Mis
nto Leo's eyes, seeing the blind loyalty that would eventually destroy him. "Tell Damien if he trie
itching toward his jacket. "Miss Isabell
leaned in, delivering a truth he couldn't possibly understand yet. "Soon, she will need a loyal man to handle some very dar
ck a nerve he didn't know he had. Without a direct order fr
s eyes never leaving mine
elo's hand tightly, I walked through the massive iron gates of my grandfather's estate. I
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