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!”

a stabbing pain 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

“Explain to me why my father said

I know what this old man is rambling about? You dragged me

It’s pointless,” Lucius said firmly, his voice steady. “I’ve known for years–Maximus isn’t my

sake, stop saying that!” Alexia cried, trying to silence

known Leonardo

left home without a word, believing it was just teenage rebellion. Now,

you know, Lucius?” Maximus

mocking. “I don’t owe you an explanation, Maximus. Just know this—we’re brothers, not

out he was going to be a father, Lucius’s birth, his first words, his first steps, picking him up from school. The warmth of those moments was now replaced by a suffocating heat of betrayal and fury. He thought of all

bitch!” Maximus roared, grabbing Alexia by the neck and slamming her against

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 delicate

do this,” Laura begged, her voice trembling. “I know you’re hurting, but she’s

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