FAZER LOGINI closed my eyes.I prayed that God would spare me from losing a second child."Quill, love can't be forced." I held back tears, trying to reason with him. "Let's both take a step back. You return that land to Giovanni, and after the baby is born, I'll go to each of your former partners and tell them the truth. I'll convince them to work with the Moretti Family again. From then on, the Morettis and the Fontanas stay out of each other's way. Alright?""No!" Quill was beyond reason, shaking his head wildly. "All I want is you! Come back to me, and I'll give up everything else!"I tried to reason with him. "Quill, calm down..."At that moment, Sherry burst in with a dagger and lunged at me."Die, Claire! If it weren't for you, Quill would never have left me!"Third person’s POVIn the split second before Sherry's blade reached Claire's heart, Quill's mind flooded with images. His secret vigil over Claire's bakery. The nursery he'd built by hand.A voice inside him screamed: Claire must ne
Vera's POVWhen Giovanni arrived at Julia's home, he found her bound to a chair with a timed explosive strapped to her chest.Vera stood behind Julia, remote in hand, her cold eyes on Giovanni."I guarantee that if any of your men pull a trigger, Julia gets blown to pieces."Giovanni was a compassionate man.He couldn't stomach harming an innocent person.So he had no choice but to order all his men to stand down."No one fires without my command!"A barely perceptible smirk crossed Vera's lips.Her mind flashed back to the day she and Quill had discussed the plan.Quill's instructions had been clear."Remember, under no circumstances is the doctor to be harmed."Vera had shrugged."Relax. The explosive is just a prop."You go talk to Claire."I'll keep Giovanni busy, give you more time."The memory faded.Vera looked at Giovanni again and muttered under her breath, too quietly for him to hear."What a softhearted fool."He can't even tell it's a prop."Claire's POVI was lying in bed,
Vera's POVVera delivered Sherry to the bed of a nearly seventy-year-old loan shark.Sherry was fair-skinned and beautiful. The old man was pleased."What do you want as payment?" he asked.Vera answered coldly. "I don't want anything. Just keep her out of the Don's sight."But Vera's scheme didn't escape Quill's notice for long.Someone reported what Vera had done with Sherry.Quill summoned Vera immediately, his eyes blazing."She was my wife once, the former Donna of the Moretti Family! How could you do something so reckless?!"Knowing she was in the wrong, Vera said nothing in her defense.She accepted the Family's punishment: one hundred lashes.Third person’s POVNot long after Sherry left, Quill received an email from Alessia.The message was brief: "We will no longer be working together."Quill was stunned.He tried calling Alessia, only to discover she had blocked him.His eyes blazed. He slammed his fist into his desk. "Why?! Why would you betray me?!"Unwilling to accept it,
Third person’s POVAfter sabotaging Giovanni's factory expansion plan, Quill savored a quiet sense of triumph.He reclined on a garden bench, sipping champagne and murmuring to himself."Claire will definitely come to me for Giovanni's sake."When she begs me, I can set my terms. She comes back, and I'll hand the land over to Giovanni."But day after day passed, and Claire didn't come.After three days, he finally gave in and called Claire from an unknown number.Claire had blocked his number when she left.That left him no choice but to call from a number she wouldn't recognize."Hello."When the call connected, Quill heard the voice he'd been aching for night and day."Claire, it's me!" His voice was charged with excitement. "You just have to come ask me, and I'll give that land to—"Click.Before Quill could finish, the line went dead.Quill hurled his phone at the ground, his face dark."Without that land, the Fontana Family's expansion will stall! Claire, you'll come to me eventua
One time, Quill brought me to a private party Alessia was hosting.Only people Alessia trusted implicitly were invited.But when we arrived, I was stunned.Alessia was lying naked on a couch while three maids took turns being intimate with her.They went one after another.She liked women.Quill leaned close to my ear, whispering with a smirk."I handpicked every one of those maids for her."I send a fresh batch every week."I'd never had a problem with same-sex relationships, but a scene on this scale was a first for me.I also noted what they had in common: deep tans, D-cup curves, and long legs.Giovanni had long been a premium buyer for luxury brands like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Dior.Through those connections, he'd gotten access to former Victoria's Secret runway models.Together, we handpicked three who perfectly matched Alessia's type.Then we signed each of them to a contract: twenty million dollars per person, plus a vacation villa and a Lamborghini.Faced with an offer lik
Day seven finally arrived.I thought that since I'd ignored him the entire time, Quill would give up.I was wrong. On the last day, he showed up in person once more.That morning, the bakery had just opened its doors.Quill arrived with Vera and the full bodyguard squad.Lucy immediately mobilized the security team to face them down.Quill walked straight to me and dropped to one knee.He pulled out a velvet box and produced a ring."I want to tell you something important. Sherry and I are divorced."You can divorce Giovanni right now and marry me."I nearly lost my footing.Where on earth did he get the confidence to think I'd leave Giovanni to marry him?I steadied myself against a chair."Quill, I've made myself perfectly clear. We're done."Quill refused to accept it. "I know you're just saying the opposite of what you feel. You do love me...""I don't love you!" I cut him off, my voice sharp and final. "I didn't love you before, I don't love you now, and I never will!"After heari







