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CHAPTER 64

Author: Manie D
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-11 13:04:30

SNEAKING TO HIS HOUSE

Marco POV

I couldn’t sleep. My head was noise, my chest was fire, my throat dry like I had swallowed sand and glass. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her—Leona, Scarlett, whatever mask she was being forced to wear—and then I saw Valerio’s face over it, smirking, smug, like he had already won. And maybe he had.

I poured myself whiskey. Then another. Didn’t help. Didn’t burn away anything. Just made the walls tighter, my skin tighter, the silence too damn loud.

Her face. Her laugh, the one I used to know. Her eyes when she looked at me like I was the only thing real in the world. I couldn’t—God, I couldn’t believe she wasn’t mine anymore.

And that’s when the thought hit me. Ugly. Reckless. Dangerous.

If my father , Valerio was keeping her caged, if he was making sure I never even got a glimpse, then the only way was to go unnoticed to find out.

His estate.

I had to know.

By midnight I was in the car again, tires hissing against the road, windows rolled down j
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