A week later, Lorenzo checked me out of the clinic.Everyone knew the Don of the Vitale family as a cold and dangerous man, but with me, he was unfailingly gentle.I was deeply grateful.To think he would be the one to pull me from the depths not once, but twice.Just outside the clinic, Lorenzo was pulled away to handle some urgent family business.As I waited, I saw Bruno and Ava walking out of the obstetrics department.I had seen them together countless times before, always holding hands, a picture of intimacy and affection, like a real husband and wife.Every time, it had been like a knife to the heart.But today, I realized, I felt nothing at all.Ava was pregnant with their second child. It seemed Bruno truly did have feelings for her, producing one heir after another.But none of that had anything to do with me anymore.I tried to avoid them, heading straight for the parking lot, but Ava had already spotted me."Liliana, wait!" Ava's voice, dripping with false warmth, cut throu
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