lthy tr

within: love was turning into hatred, and pain into an uncontrollable thirst

when you have been cheating

bled, heavy wi

e loved, not the one she thought she knew. Meanwhile, Carolina shamelessly perc

not what you think," Eder l

ster's face to her husband's, as if searching for

tepping out of her way. He lit a cigaret

and. Our nights became cold and boring. You no longer gave me good

gance, shoving her without the slightest ca

word a dagger driven straight into her soul. The pain was s

h having a child, I was giving your husband pleasure." Carolina

tween sobs. "It's not my fault... I love you, Eder. I've always loved you, unconditionally. Why are

th icy detachment. There was no compassion in his

h me, you'll give an heir to my boss, Salvatore Mancini. He'

ia slapped his hand away in disgust. Her world was crumbling befo

ot giving my child to any

m tightly, forcing

e, you'll do as I say.

blood boil with rage. "I'll abort this child.

ed into something cruel and merciless as he ti

no choice,

before she could reach it, she felt a wall of

life, they tied her hands and feet, dragging her out of the mansion without the

d her the moment she recognized the place: the Mancini Corporation, the front for the city's most powerful mafia boss, used to cove

nnounce himself. He barged into Salvatore Mancini's office, surrounded by the

oked up, vis

re, Eder? I did

a calculat

ou something you mig

a dark hood. Without warning, Ede

ed onto her, stunned. That woman... she was the same one who ha

aw cl

s this me

ith brazen defiance,

w me to introduce Victoria Ventura, my wife. She'

fear she had imagined. There was something in him-an inexplicable connection that made her feel less terrified

mn thing, Eder. What the

er, smiled

exchange for five million and control over th

im with utter disgust. In all his years in the mafia, he had seen

gged with

's call it an exchange. And if you don't accep

e distance and landed a brutal punch to

n't want to strike back, but because

d rip your balls off, Eder!" S

, paralyzed, unable to p

blood from his lip with the back

y or another, this woman will die... with

. If she truly carried his child, he couldn't let her bastard husband kill her. There was something in h

ern territory meant much to him. So, without

go, you d

ctoria and smi

ake it official. I'll see you

t out a dry,

er. Victoria