Carlo's only weakness was his nonna, who had raised him, and was now gravely ill.She was also the leverage he used to control me.Nonna's only wish was for us to live a blissful married life and to bear a child soon.Because of her comment, Carlo brought me to his private island and had cameras recording round the clock, all just to reassure her.Carlo called it a retreat, but in truth, it was a confinement.He promised that as long as I played my role well for a week, long enough for Nonna to pass on peacefully, he'd let the Lucianis go.I believed him. Or rather, I had no choice but to do so.The island was beautiful. The villa stood by the sea, with waves surging endlessly beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows.I would have loved this place if this had been the past. After all, designing a romantic home had once been my dream.But now, it was nothing more than a lifeless cage, and I was a bird trapped within.Carlo seemed like a different man in front of the cameras. Gone w
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