Chapter 1

I had no desire to get involved with Luca DeSantis, so I prepared to leave with my son, Raymond Capello.

But Luca stepped forward, blocking my path. "You've been gone for so long. Who knows what kind of dirty things you've been doing behind my back?

"I'm a member of the Capello family's branch now! Letting you work as a maid is already more than generous of me. Don't push your luck!"

I ignored him and kept walking.

Luca froze for a moment, clearly not expecting me to treat him this way.

"Freya, I'm talking to you! Are you listening?" Luca suddenly grabbed my wrist and yanked me back. "You came back with a kid because you couldn't handle living in poverty and wanted to beg me to take you back, didn't you? So why are you still pretending to be above it all?"

I was about to tell him to stop acting like a lunatic when Anna Taylor suddenly approached us.

"Luca, is the Donna here?"

When she saw me, her eyes widened slightly. She instinctively linked her arm through Luca's and said timidly, "Freya, you're back."

Her weak, frightened act immediately made Luca pull her into his arms protectively. He warned me sternly, "Anna is my wife now. Don't think you can bully her the way you used to."

"No, Luca. Even if Freya bullies me, I deserve it." Anna's eyes quickly filled with tears, her long eyelashes trembling with moisture.

She pushed Luca away, walked up to me, and took my hand. "Freya, I'm sorry. If my presence bothers you, I'll leave right now. This position was never mine to begin with. I've already lived without regrets just getting to marry Luca once before I die..."

Wiping her tears, Anna turned to leave.

Luca reached out and pulled her into his arms, his heart aching for her. "You're not going anywhere."

Then he looked up at me, his brows furrowing in annoyance. "Anna is in poor health. Will you be satisfied only when you've driven her out of every place she could possibly go?"

Listening to his twisted accusations, I neither argued nor lost my temper. I simply said in a flat voice, "Move."

Luca seemed to notice how unusual my behavior was, but he still refused to believe I could truly let everything go. He had probably convinced himself that I had nowhere else to turn and could only depend on him.

"Freya, I don't have time to discuss this with you right now. I'll have someone take you and the child back first. We'll talk after the party."

Before I could refuse, Luca had already called someone over.

This time, I was so speechless that I actually laughed. "Luca, your arrogance hasn't changed one bit. But I'm married now, and I'm not the least bit interested in you."

"The man who brought you here just now?" Luca seemed to think of something hilarious and burst out laughing. "Freya, you were with me once. How have you sunk so low that you'd settle for a man like that? I bet he doesn't make in a year what one of my maids earns in a month."

That man?

Could he possibly mean the driver who had brought me here?

I was a little surprised. Luca didn't even recognize the Capello family's underboss.

It seemed that even though he was stationed at a branch, he had never been allowed anywhere near the family's core affairs.

Just then, someone approached Luca. "The Don had an urgent matter to attend to, so the Donna arrived ahead of him. She's at the party now."