61 : Desires Of The Heart

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• The Valtieri Mansion •

After greeting him with forced smiles, the Valtieri couple walked into the mansion with their bodyguards right behind them.  

Théo gave the two a small but polite bow in acknowledgement.  He wasn't sure if he should say "good evening" since it was well past midnight.  The guards backed off once Mr. and Mrs. Valtieri reached the living room, and then the staff walked out and shut the front door. 

Théo listened in while Hugo Valtieri continued speaking to someone on the phone about a business deal, with his wife standing beside him and refraining from scowling again.

"Théo, give us a minute," Hugo said to him with a raised finger, and then the don got busy again talking to someone on the phone.

"Of course, Sir."  Théo took a couple steps backward while Mrs. Valtieri stood beside her husband in the spacious living room lit by expe