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Chapter 20

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Chapter 20

Charlotte followed Alessandro into the bathroom when she heard the water running. Watching him fuss and the confused look his gaze held as he threw bubble bath, essential oils and bath salts into the water.

She couldn’t help but smile. She’d never seen him so out of his element.

He turns and sees her, he frowns at her smile, but pulls her to him, he helps her out of the shirt she was wearing.

He picks her up off the floor and gently drops her into the tub, he takes off his own shirt and sits behind her in the bath.

“I’ve never had a warm bath before. It’s oddly soothing. Is this why women love baths?” he asks.

Charlotte scoffs. “Baths are nice yes, but baths are dangerous because you could fall asleep in it...” she comments.

This bath was feeling more romantic than sexy like he’d mentioned before. She was seeing a softer side of her husband. She couldn’t figure out if it was her who brought it out in him or if he had always been like this.

Before they got married Alessandro didn’t have an inch of gentleness in him. Yet now it seemed like he was a different person. She almost couldn’t believe it.

When Alessandro started washing her gently, she felt slightly shy and she didn’t know how to react. She didn’t know how to navigate this side of his.

If he showed her his stubborn or irritating side she knew how to react. This side. This side of his, she felt like she didn’t deserve it.

Then her mind wondered to if he’d done this for someone else. Something felt tight on her chest at the thought of him sharing this moment with someone else.

She started to envy his previous lovers, they must have all enjoyed this side of his. She wondered if she hadn’t married him. Would Alessandro have married for love? How would he have treated that wife?

After she died, would he marry for love? Start a family and be happy? A bitter taste rose in Charlotte's mouth, Charlotte’s mind worked overtime. She couldn’t stop thinking about Alessandro’s life after she was no longer here. And how she could have been so dumb to fall for Volkan’s tricks.

After he was done washing the both of them, Alessandro stood first. He wrapped a towel around his waist and grabbed another towel. He dried her and carried her to the bedroom.

Charlotte watched as he walked to the small closet beside the bathroom. He grabbed a nightgown for her and a pair of black lace panties.

He helped her in the nightgown, then slid her panties on up her thighs...

Charlotte’s words got stuck in her throat. She didn’t know what to say. She wanted to tease him. Wanted to remind him about having sex instead. She preferred seeing that side of his to this side.

She didn’t deserve this side of him. She was using Alessandro to get what she wanted. She had plans to repay him by helping him swallow the Costa family whole. She now had her sights on Volkan’s family too.

She would make him pay for fooling her, for playing her. She would look into every piece of him. She’d make sure he paid for playing her. No one played her and lived to tell the tale.

She didn’t look into Volkan enough the first time and she nearly paid for it with her life. She wasn’t going to let that happen twice.

Once both her and Alessandro were in bed. She waited for him to fall asleep before she got up and grabbed her laptop from under the bed.

She would find out everything she could about the bastard. She wouldn’t be fooled twice.

She found what she wanted soon enough. Volkan Baysel was married. His wife’s name is Ezra Webb. An American.

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Rosalie felt restless, she wanted to climb out of her skin. She wanted to get out of bed to get to work. She hasn’t worked in two months like Ari requested. But she was done now. She couldn’t sleep. Her skin felt itchy and raw at the same time. It felt like she was going through withdrawal. Like she was addicted to him like a drug.

She watched Roman sleep peacefully beside her. Her hands were itching to work.

She took out her laptop and went to the secure website Charlotte set up for her. She looked up the order and paused when she saw her name on the hit list.

It was rare for them to request the poison to be given to the target. It was even rarer for her name to be on the list. She couldn’t believe it.

Someone wanted her dead.

Her eye twitched.

She sent Charlotte a message. She needed to know who wanted her dead, so she could give them the same poison they wanted to kill her.

She couldn’t wait to get her hands dirty. She’s never wanted to be in front someone watching them beg for their lives as much as she wanted to with whoever placed that order.

A message from Charlotte came through right away. She said she’ll have an answer for her in the next few days. She was working on something else.

She didn’t mind the wait. She would get what she wanted one way or another.

She looked at Roman and then she looked back at her order list. She took a three orders and sorted through the ingredients she would need.

She wondered when they were returning home so she could get back to work.

She sent Ari a text letting him know everything she needed and how by the time she returned he should have a drop spot for her.

Then she needed to plan how exactly she was going to get whoever wanted her dead. Once she knew who it was she could plan from there. She could plan how to get into their home and getting the poison in their drink or food.

But whoever it was, they would get what’s coming to them. She sent a reply to their order. Saying she was going to work on their order.

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