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Chapter 6

Author: TP
Soon, Irina moved into the main building of the manor.

Flaunting her pregnancy test, she started acting like the Don's wife.

The first thing she did was to order the household staff to raze the garden to the ground, which so happened to be my favorite lily garden.

As the massive bulldozer roared, the pristine white flowers were crushed beneath the tracks and ground into the filthy mud.

"Lilies are too plain," Irina said. "They remind me of funerals."

Clad in a silk nightgown, she ordered the gardener, "Fill the garden with red roses. The reddest species you can find."

Luigi stood on the second-floor balcony with a cigarette dangling between his fingers.

He didn't stop her. To keep the balance among competing factions, and more importantly, to test my limits, he said nothing and allowed that woman to run wild on my territory.

I stood before the window, my expression blank. Then I turned and looked at Luigi, who had been watching me the whole time.

"Red roses look great," I sai
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