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!”

we christened every room in your penthouse? How you had to bite

the detachment of a surgeon observing tissue decay. Isabella

by

You must be

He’s your problem now – though that kick might’ve

toy.”

staggered as if I’d

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toward the door, done with this melodrama.

Isabella’s words

Valentino dress where Lorenzo had driven a surgical scalpel. She crumpled, crimson pooling on my clinic floor.

transformed into something feral. “You made her hate me. I warned you what

backward, designer heels scrabbling against hardwood

every rational

Lorenzo – you’ll spend your life in prison!”

“Had to protect you. She threatened

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