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Chapter Sixty-Eight: A Mother's Secret

Author: Phoebe Luna
last update publish date: 2026-08-24 21:51:56

Lorenzo went completely still. It was that specific kind of silence Isabella had come to recognize—the one that always happened right before he faced something devastating. "My mother died years ago," he said slowly. "Long after the ambush that almost killed me. Before the fake diagnosis. Before any of this conspiracy ever came to light."

"But not before Salvatore Moretti’s grudge against your father started," Isabella said, trying to piece the timeline together. A cold feeling of unease settle
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