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Chapter 10

Author: Crystal K
Maya's POV

The hospital corridor was cold.

The white fluorescent lights hurt my eyes.

"Miss Cross. You can leave now."

Marco stood in front of me, his face blank.

"How is Luciano?" I asked.

"That's no longer your concern," his voice was ice. "The boss said he never wants to see you again."

Never wants to see me again.

Hours ago, in that cathedral, he'd called me a sewer. A toy. Something to be used and discarded.

Now he couldn't even be bothered to look at me.

"I can wait for him to wake up—"

"Miss Cross." Marco cut me off. Two bodyguards moved to his side. "Please leave immediately. Or we'll have to use force."

I looked into their eyes. They were cold, unfamiliar.

These were the same men who used to bow to me, because I was the boss's woman.

Now they looked at me like I was garbage.

I turned and left the hospital.

It had started to rain. A cold, biting October rain.

I didn't have an umbrella. The rain quickly soaked my hair, running down my face.

Rain or tears, I couldn't tell the dif
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