Ross
ed me aside in their ha
Serena, while my mother reached out to stroke the mistress's
s, groveling for a scrap
so much as honor t
igent wave of his hand, as though they we
let out a short, mocking la
ily's humiliation, she turned on
let out a soft, breathy sigh, a
re that the noise was giving her a head
nd her waist, pulling her flush against his ch
der, his dark
ded me for my 'tantrum,' accusing me of ruin
ued a chilling command: I was to surrender my chai
o much fade as it did curdle, the muscles around her
to the Rossi name," my mother his
as I stared at the man I had worshi
pportunist, not
he Don, he stepped up behind me and drove th
ave way b
my palms landing squarely in
dges sliced dee
in a stark and vivid pattern a
ne g
e soul move
ded Serena into my rightful s
wning over the mistress, cooing and
ric pain pulse
he floor painted a vivid, sickening p
rose in my throat, I st
picked the larger, glittering shard
e Associate and calmly asked
atore's voice cut through the room,
handsome face a mask of
on your own," he sneered, "you can s
silently b
sharp agony, but the heavy pressure of a sponge soake
r for Serena, reflecting on the endless, exhausti
last name for no other r
o worship the mistress, Leo
ket to the Don, the men completely ignoring the steady drip
rena whi
ower in the center of the table and complaine
e didn't
mmanding finger
th disgust. "Since you are a barren, useless wom
towering pile
time Salvatore had kicked me down a flight of stai
ost killed me when he locked me
m now, I fina
isted mind, I was the ulti
schemer who had forced his hand with
th every fiber
drops behind me. But as I reached for the first shrimp, a single thought crystallized in m
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