First Love's Return, Heiress Strikes Back

Chapter 555

Lennon’s dark eyes were deep. Sadness welled up in them. “Because of me?

“I’m sorry,” Lennon said in a low voice.“Before the prime ministerial election in Italy, I prepared everything I flew to Italy myself to deal with Nikolas. The plan was perfect, but there was a traitor among my people. They tipped off Nikolas. He found a scapegoat to stay in Italy, while he changed his appearance and escaped through an underground passage.

“My people, along with the Italian government, wiped out Nikolas’s power in Italy. We thought he was dead, and Marie wouldn’t be in danger from him anymore. So I got close to Marie again.

“Nikolas’s finished. His armed forces are either dead or surrendered. He’s got no chance of making a comeback. This time, he’s at the end of the line. He came back to America to get revenge on me and wanted to die with me. The two thugs who hurt Marie were his subordinates who escaped with him. He told them to kill Marie, while Nikolas brought people to deal with

me.”

noticed that Lennon

and it wasn’t easy

bright red blood stood out against his

Gia noticed too.

Nikolas and the Italian forces, but she knew the

taken care of,” Gia said, startled when she

head. “I’m

came out full of resentment, like it was squeezed out between his teeth.

Deandre