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ew annulment papers o
istress, proudly announcing to a room of
or my men will consign your body
less branch, completely
vely demanding I get on my kne
into coarse laughter, reveling in the ulti
ea about the s
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syndicate that despised weak men, I had sworn my
y to be thrown away for a child
n I had shielded for half a decade, m
annulment without a
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na
papers onto the mahogany table like
w rasp that once made my heart race. "Valentin
, one hand resting possessively on her flat
r, he had told me. You
ed with hungry eyes. They laughed when Julian mocked my barr
n this man
eared his rivals, bribed his judges, and kept his dying mother alive with
idea who I
ld me in a private room while he was still unconscious. I knew what male pride m
e blame. I let the syndicate
Valentina and gave me one minute to sign, I
gutter rat, Siena. And when you
on of the Romano family. I had promise
inst the paper. I sig
prised, then scoffed. "A
t my phone, and diale
," I sai
the Consigl
. Freeze every cent of his legitimate fundi
is d
, drinking whiskey, calling my bluff pathetic. Vale
because you have nothing
hing. I si
vilian orphan" he had just discarded wa
ut to learn wh
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