Love and Seduction

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ic surged, but as she stumbled to the cracked mirror across the dimly lit room, the reflectio

ile, the betrayal of her so-called allies, the burning agony

d, reborn in the

aunting illusion? Her trembling fingers traced her jawline, h

a flood of emotions-fear, con

an she had trusted... and who had plunged t

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co, and it was a double surprise because she had just found out she was pregna

woman in their matrimonial bed-not just

ot bothering to cover himself. "T

se on their faces. "But why? W

Who would be happy with someone that's a liabili

She'd left her wealth just to be with him. She'd u

thout me," she yelled, but this o

n his clothes. "I'd have been far better than thi

n clawed at her. "I'm pregnant, Marc

etty's laughter shattered it. "Oh, please! Pregn

..." Bella whispered,

h venom, "she's been away so often for her so-cal

lie! Marco, you know

of doubt taking root. "You've always been so pe

"Please, you know I love you.

l. He exchanged a look with Betty,

rms, shoving her to the floor. "If you think I'll l

" she sobbed, strugglin

ty whispered, kneeling beside the

widened. "Wha

sk of cold determinat

, and before she could scream

s smile, twisted in triumph,

s swall

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. now she

voice a venomous promise.

ced herself to breathe. Panic would not help

head light, and a sparse, battered wardrobe. She found a phone on the bed, an old model, but functional. When

she murmured, the concept b

ile stretched

. Marco. His loyal lackeys. T

hance to rewrite everyth

d a plan. Barging in headfirst would be suicide. The De Luca family-the same

f the criminal underworld. A woman who had learn

ring on the screen: "Sofia, you sta

ew name. Her

Fate was practically ha

laced with venom. "You took everyt