During that time, Sofia was locked in the villa's basement, enduring every kind of torment. She went hungry, barely slept, and every cruel thing she had ever done to me had come back to crush her a hundredfold.When Cesare stepped into the basement, she lunged at him like a drowning woman clinging to a lifeline. She scrambled across the floor, wrapping herself around his leg, sobbing uncontrollably. "Cesare, I was wrong! I-I know I was wrong! I won't bother you or Elena ever again. I'll stay far away. I'll never appear in your life. Please just let me go."Cesare looked down at her, his expression cold and unreadable. There wasn't a flicker of mercy in his eyes. Without another word, he tossed a stack of photos onto the floor in front of her.Sofia's eyes widened, and her face drained of color when she saw the photos. They revealed the past she had tried so hard to bury. It showed how she had struggled in Sicily, trading her body for resources, ruining her reputation, and only ret
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