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Chapter Twenty One Get face masks.Get fake guns.Everything had been planned down to the last detail. For three days, Katherine and her three allies had orchestrated every move, each step building toward tonight.It was Arianna’s idea that cracked the code. Her idea was to infiltrate the hotel from the inside. And they’d found a female staff member working discreetly under the radar. Now, she was their ghost in the machine, their eyes and hands inside enemy territory.Massimo’s security had been formidable, but not impenetrable. A fake emergency would scatter the guards and an anonymous threat would be phoned. While chaos unfolded on the lower floors, the CCTV feeds would go dark, thanks to a timed blackout engineered by the insider.At exactly 7:00 PM, the woman was to slip the sedative into Massimo’s drink and. moments later, he would be unconscious.Tyke and Willow, masked and armed with fake guns that looked real enough to cause panic, were to go inside silently through the bac

Chapter Twenty-ThreeArianna knew she'd lied but she was trying to steer the situation back in their control.Massimo’s eyes flickered with something dangerous.“Oh… I see,” he said softly. “So it was you who thought it’d be funny to send me letters claiming I’m your father?”A shocked silence filled the room.Katherine’s stomach sank.Arianna tried to cover. “It was part of the game, Massimo. The thrill. The suspense. You wouldn’t understand—”He cut her off.“No, no. I understand perfectly.” He looked her over, slowly. “A woman like you? No real power. No real job. Just desperate enough to resort to petty threats and cheap tricks like kidnapping. It’s probably the only thrill you’ve had in years. Or is this what you do to feel important? Pretend you’re dangerous while hiding behind masks?”Arianna’s fists clenched.Massimo smirked, leaning forward as far as the restraints allowed.“You don’t scare me. You disgust me. You scream of failure. I can smell it on you. I bet half your life

Chapter Twenty-fiveThe lady nodded. “Yes. I didn’t mean to eavesdrop but it just sort of happened. But I remembered I have this.” She pulled a small business card from her purse and extended it toward her. “They’re hiring. A personal assistant position just opened up at The Vortan Group.”Katherine’s eyes widened..The Vortan Group? She almost dropped the card.The Vortan Group was one of the most powerful companies in Italy that was rumored to be as influential in media and tech as any Hollingsworth giant. The whispers she’d heard in the past described it as elusive, elite and dangerous to work under. Especially given its notorious rivalry with Massimo Hollingsworth’s conglomerate.Still, Katherine had never truly understood how two corporations based in different countries could be in direct competition. Massimo had barely spoken of it when they were together but there had been quiet moment when his jaw would tense if The Vortan Group came up on the news. But none of that mattered

Chapter Twenty-sevenMassimo sat in his private quarters and across from him, Ryan, his hacker and cousin lounged in an armchair, typing furiously on his laptop, earbuds in. Massimo’s eyes were fixed on his phone. The message glared back at him, tauntingly.> Daddy, your nemesis is here. I know you, but you don’t know me. And I will continue to frustrate you. Don’t even try to investigate or hack me again. You’re only wasting your money and energy.His grip tightened around the phone until his knuckles whitened.They were still playing games even after everything. They were the same bastards who’d drugged him, stripped him of power for one humiliating night, and made him sign off his empire like a rookie. Two weeks later, and they still dared to breathe in his direction.He slammed the phone on the table, Ryan flinched but didn’t look up.“They think I’ve gone soft.” Massimo’s jaw locked, the veins in his neck taut.He hadn’t told security what really happened. Not even his closest a

Chapter Twenty-nine Jordan looked down, gathering himself, before speaking.“My brother and I weren’t that close… but about a week ago, he called me using a strange number. He sounded weak. and scared. He said some people were after him.” Jordan’s voice shook, but he kept going. “He told me to stay away from Italy. That it wasn’t safe. And before he hung up, he said to find a woman named Katherine, a colleague of his with red hair and a mark on her finger, and to warn her too. He said the same people after him were after her.”Katherine’s heart dropped.“I asked who they were,” Jordan continued, “but before he could answer I heard a gunshot. The call cut off. I came here, despite his warning, hoping maybe he’d made it. Instead…” His voice broke. A single tear slipped down his cheek. “All I got was a corpse.”Willow placed a comforting hand on Jordan’s shoulder while Tyke quietly nodded and patted his back. The group stood in silence for a moment, trying to absorb the gravity of what