Tommaso's voice carried a tremor, his eyes flickering with anger I couldn't understand. I nodded faintly, smoothing the creases on the comforter."Va bene. One last week. I won't mention him again."Tommaso froze, his brows knitting together. "What do you mean, one last week?"I didn't answer. I simply got up and walked to the vanity, beginning to remove my earrings. For five years, I'd prepared myself in front of this mirror every day, playing the perfect Signora of the Volpe family. But in one more week, all of this would be over."Alessia, what did you just say?" he pressed, a note of unease creeping into his voice. Just then, hurried footsteps and crying came from outside the door."Tommaso!" Gelsomina burst into the room, her eyes brimming with tears. "You're punishing me because of that woman?"Her voice was especially jarring in the quiet night."I'm your sister! You've never treated me like this before, and certainly not for some outsider!" she shrieked hysterically.To
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