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Chapter 30

Author: Nikky Mathew
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"The Unmasking"

Antonio

Georgia’s eyes met Dario’s across the table, her fingers tapped the crystal stem of her wine glass, slow and deliberate, an act I was now sure was a signal.

Then came the coaxing, her voice wasn’t recorded, but I remembered her leaning toward Elisa, pressing her to have a drink.

And then that glimmer of satisfaction as the glass reached Elisa’s lips, I had thought nothing of it at the time, my mistake almost costing Elisa that night.

I didn’t blink as the footage ran again, I sat still, elbows on the desk, hands folded. The silence of my office rang louder than any explosion.

Betrayal didn’t surprise me, but this? Under my roof, at my table of all places, and from her. This wasn’t just treachery. It was a recklessness and sloppiness beneath the standards I’d built my empire on.

I leaned back in my chair and let the silence settle, my jaw locked, my body tensed. I wanted to believe it was desperation, that it wasn’t Georgia’s true nature showing, but I wasn’t
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