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

“Enough!”

christened every room in

detachment of a surgeon

by my

act. You must

He’s your problem now –

toy.”

staggered as if I’d gutted him.

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toward the door, done with

only one who truly-” Isabella’s words

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

poisoned everything,” he snarled, transformed into something feral. “You made her hate me. I warned you what crossing this line would

dragged herself backward, designer heels scrabbling against hardwood as Lorenzo advanced,

reached me outside. Against every rational impulse, I went back.

sake, Lorenzo – you’ll spend your life

turned, blood–spattered and broken. “Had to protect you. She

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