Chapter 9

Isabella touched her crimson cheek, staring at Lorenzo with dawning horror. The Wall Street than who once showered her with Cartier just struck her–all for Sophia

“It’s been over for three years, Lorenzo’s voice cracked with desperation. “Sophia, I swear on everything

I am.*

“Get out.” My voice could’ve frozen hell “Both of you. Leave this sanctuary and never come back”

The famous Visconti pallor turned ghostly. But Isabella, her Botox–frozen features contorting with raga, grabbed a chair from my consultation area and hurled it at me. Lorenzo and I barely dodged in time.

“Die, you self–righteous bitch!” She lunged for a shelf of medicine viak.

Years of martial arts training kicked in. One precise strike, and she collapsed, dutching herself

“My apologies. These mountain roads make one’s footwork so… unpredictable. My smile was pure ice.

“I’ll fucking kill you!” she shrieked.

Something dark flickered in Lorenzo’s eyes. He seized her perfectly highlighted hair, his voice dropping to that whisper that once made Fortune 500 CEOs tremble. “Threaten her again, and I’ll destroy you so thoroughly, your own mother won’t recognize what’s left.”

Isabella’s laugh turned maniacal. “How rich, Lorenzo. After all our delicious moments together, after every night of”

like a gunshot.

“Enough!”

christened every room in

implosion with the detachment of a surgeon

by

Teresa act. You must

I couldn’t care less. He’s your problem now

toy.”

as if I’d

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door,

truly-” Isabella’s words dissolved into

her Valentino dress where Lorenzo had driven a

“You made her hate me. I warned you what crossing this

herself backward, designer heels scrabbling against hardwood as

outside. Against every rational impulse, I went back.

For God’s sake, Lorenzo – you’ll spend your life in

blood–spattered and broken. “Had to protect you. She threatened you.”

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