Chapter 0321

Once inside, Alexia looked around nervously, her legs trembling as if they might give out beneath her. She never imagined she’d find herself in such a situation. Seeing Maximus, Leonardo, and Lucius all in the same room, she immediately understood what was happening. She regretted staying behind to tend to Marcus–her next potential lover, as she had secretly decided but it was too late now.

“What the hell do you want, Maximus? You don’t have to treat me like this!” Alexia snapped, her voice indignant.

“Oh, really?” Maximus snarled, grabbing her arm and shaking her violently.

“Stop it! Leave my mother alone!” Lucius shouted, stepping forward to intervene.

Despite Alexia’s many flaws, Lucius couldn’t deny that she had moments of kindness, times when she’d been warm and affectionate toward him.

Maximus turned his fiery gaze to Lucius, the young man he had raised believing he was his son. “What the hell do you know?” he spat, his voice seething with anger.

“Maximus, enough!” Leonardo roared. “Stop humiliating yourself! You know damn well your wife was no saint! She was only perfect in your eyes!”

in his stomach, a wave of nausea washing over him. The mere thought of his father and Alexia having been together made him want to

trembling with barely restrained fury. “Explain to me why my father said what he said. Now!”

at Leonardo. “How would I know what

firmly, his voice steady. “I’ve known for years–Maximus isn’t my father.”

that!” Alexia cried,

Mother. The secret’s out. I’ve known Leonardo is my father since

He recalled the day Lucius left home without a word, believing it was just teenage rebellion.

Maximus asked, his

explanation, Maximus. Just know this—we’re brothers, not father and

school. The warmth of

Alexia by the neck and slamming her against

violent outburst. Maximus had never laid a hand on her, but now he seemed ready to choke the life out of her. His bloodshot eyes burned with unrelenting rage as he lifted her several inches off the ground. For a fleeting moment, he contemplated snapping her neck, but

voice trembling. “I know you’re

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