Chapter 237 Love Is A Myth

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Emily was stunned, too shocked to speak. She stared at Benedetta, frozen in the moment as her check throbbed from the slap.

Behind Benedetta Vinci, Lia Vassalo entered with a smug smile on her perfectly painted face.

"I'm warning you, for the last time, to stay away from my son, Leave him," Benedetta threatened, pointing a menacing finger toward Emily.

"You're misunderstanding, Mrs. Vinci. Matteo and I are" Emily began, her voice trembling as she tried to explain.

"Don't say my son's name with your filthy mouth!" Benedetta barked, stepping forward as though ready to strike Emily again. But Lia held her hand, stopping her. Instead, Lia stepped forward, fixing Emily with a cold, disdainful stare.

"If this is about money, just name your price," Lia said in a chillingly calm tone. "The amount will be transferred to your account. But take my advice: stay away from my Matteo, and don't ever contact him again."

"He doesn't want to marry you," Emily countered, standing tall, meeting Lia's gaze head-on.

a cruel smile. "And you think he wants to marry you?" she sneered, looking Emily up and down with obvious disdain. "A woman like you is only fit to warm his bed. But Matteo will marry an heiress-someone who can give him an heir. Me. Not some unworthy woman who couldn't

smile spread across Lia's face as

he had, why was he still with her? Was he simply using her until he grew tired and then moving on to marry Lia Vassalo? Emily's head spun as doubts began swarming her mind, making it hard to

are you so

narrowed, her lips tightening with

reaching into her bag to pull out a checkbook. "Tell me your price, and

be left heirless," Emily replied, lifting her chin with a fierce determination in her eyes. "He's all yours if you think you can keep him, Lia." Her gaze cut sharply to the so-called fiancée before

her fists, ready to put Emily in her place, but Lia quickly pulled her back, shaking

a smirk of satisfaction, che ouided Renedetta out of Emily's office Their

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they left without further drama, leaving Emily to regain her composure

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