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Chapter 47

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Stefano's POV

I sat at the edge of Bianca Conti’s hospital bed, watching her chest rise and fall in slow, fragile rhythm. The VIP room was quiet except for the steady beep of the monitors, and moonlight slipped through the blinds in thin stripes that cut across her pale face. She looked so small like this, so vulnerable in a way that made something inside my chest tighten painfully.

When did I become such a terrible father?

The thought would not leave me alone. Adelina knew about the allerg
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