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FIFTY ONE

Gabriella POV The buzzing woke me up.My phone was on the nightstand and it was vibrating so hard it was moving across the wooden surface. The screen was bright, cutting through the dark room. I reached for it with my right hand while Mariano slept beside me. His arm was still heavy across my waist, pinning me to the mattress.I looked at the screen. Mom. Calling for the fifth time.My heart started beating faster before I even swiped the screen to answer. My mother never called this early in the morning. She never called five times in a row. Something was completely wrong."Mom?" My voice was scratchy and thick from sleep. I slid carefully out from under Mariano's heavy arm, lifting it off my waist, and walked quickly to the bathroom so I would not wake him up. I shut the door halfway. "Mom, what is going on?""Gabriella." Her voice was high and strained. She was crying hard. I could hear the breathlessness in the way she said my name. "Gabriella, where are you? Are you safe right n

FIFTY TWO

Gabriella POV The city lights blurred completely past the side windows. The streets were totally empty at this hour of the night. Mariano took the sharp corners fast, and I held onto the door handle with all my strength. My mind was racing with terrifying thoughts. Scenarios flooded my head over and over. I saw Raphael lying in a hospital bed covered in blood. I saw Melissa hurt and screaming. I saw my mother crying hysterically. I saw my father collapsing on the floor again.And then I thought about Davis. Davis and his specific threats. Davis and his literal promises to destroy my entire family one by one."Do you think Davis had something to do with this attack?" I asked loudly over the engine.Mariano glanced over at me quickly. His expression was completely hard and angry. "I think it is too much of a coincidence that your brother was brutally attacked right after Davis threatened him directly.""That is exactly what I thought too," I said."We do not know anything for certain y

FIFTY THREE

Gabriella's POVThe light was too bright.I opened my eyes and immediately regretted it. Everything was white and blurry and my head was pounding. I tried to move and a sharp pain shot through my shoulder. I groaned and closed my eyes again."Gabriella? Can you hear me?"A woman's voice. Soft and gentle. A nurse. I opened my eyes again and this time the blurry shape above me came into focus. A woman in white scrubs. Her face was kind but her eyes were worried."Where am I?" My voice came out scratchy and weak."You are in the hospital. You were in a car accident. Do you remember what happened?"The images came flooding back. The car coming out of nowhere. The crash. The spinning. The explosion. Mariano's face. His voice telling me to get out."Mariano." I tried to sit up and the nurse pushed me back down. "Where is Mariano? Is he okay? He was in the car with me."The nurse's face changed. Something shifted behind her eyes. She looked away for a moment and then back at me."I need you

FIFTY FOUR

Gabriella's Pov Within seconds, the room was flooded with bodies. Two male nurses rushed in, their expressions grim and determined as they grabbed my arms, pinning me flat against the mattress. I fought them with every ounce of strength I had left. I bit, I kicked, I thrashed, screaming Mariano’s name until my vision began to vignette into black spots. I needed to find him. I needed to crawl through the smoke myself if I had to, just to see his face, to drag him out of whatever nightmare they thought he was trapped in."Hold her legs! Get the sedative!" someone shouted over my screams.Just as a needle pierced the skin of my thigh, the door burst open."Gabriella!"My mother ran into the room. Her face was completely drained of color, her eyes bloodshot and swollen to the size of quarters. She looked entirely unraveled, her hair chaotic, her coat hanging off one shoulder. She pushed past the nurses, throwing herself over my thrashing body, grabbing my face in her trembling hands and

FIFTY FIVE

Gabriella POV "You don't care!" I screamed, breaking down completely, my whole body sobbing so hard the monitors began to beep erratically again. "You don't care about a person's life! A man is dead! Mariano is... he might be..." I couldn't even force the words out. The word dead felt like swallowing glass. "And all you can do is interrogate me?! All you can do is ask about lies and rules and schedules?! Someone's life has just ended! Let them settle where he is! Let them find him before you start screaming at me!"I buried my face in my good arm, my chest heaving with ugly, gasping sobs that shook the entire bed. My mother threw her arms around me, while my father slowly stepped back, his face suddenly washing over with a guilty shock. He looked at his shaking hands, realized what he had done, and turned away, staring blankly at the floor.The suffocating weight of the grief in the room was unbearable. We were a family completely fractured by panic, tearing each other apart because

FIFTY SIX

Gabriella's POVDavis was still standing beside my hospital bed. His right hand remained heavy on my face, his fingers holding my jaw in place. His thumb moved back and forth across my cheekbone. The motion was slow, steady, and entirely possessive. It made my skin crawl. I wanted to pull my head away from his touch. I wanted to open my mouth and scream at him to get his hands off me. But my muscles refused to work. I could not move a single inch. I was completely frozen in place, paralyzed by the cold satisfaction that I had just seen flashing deep within his eyes."Everything is going to be fine," he said again. He spoke softly. His voice sounded gentle, carrying the exact tone of a supportive man who was trying his best to comfort a grieving woman. But I knew the actual truth now. I had seen the look in his eyes just a second ago. "I am going to take care of everything, Gabriella. You do not need to worry about anything anymore. Just leave it to me.""Davis."My mother's voice cut

FIFTY SEVEN

Gabriella's Pov Davis touched his reddened cheek with his fingertips. He turned his head slowly and looked back at me. The coldness in his dark eyes did not waver at all."You should not have done that, Gabriella," he said very quietly."I will do it again," I said, glaring at him. "Do not test me. Do not say another word about him.""Gabriella—""Mariano is not going anywhere," I interrupted, leaning toward him. "Do you hear me? He is not going anywhere. He is still a part of this family. He is still a part of my life. And if anyone in your branch of the family hears you talking about him like he was just an obstacle to be cleared, you will be in serious trouble with the rest of the board."Davis let out a short, harsh laugh. "You actually think anyone cares about Mariano? You think anyone in my family actually respected that man? They were all just terrified of him. That is not the same thing as respect, Gabriella.""Then they should have been scared of him," I snapped. "Because co

FIFTY EIGHT

Gabriella's Pov The three words hit me like a physical wave. I felt all the air leave my lungs in an instant. My vision blurred immediately with a sudden rush of hot tears."He is alive?" My voice cracked completely on the words. "You are absolutely sure? He is really alive, Vincent?""Yes," Vincent said, nodding his head rapidly. "I got him out of the vehicle before the fuel tank exploded. He is in critical condition right now at an undisclosed location. But he is alive."I started to cry. The tears came incredibly fast and hot, spilling over my lower eyelids. I could not stop them no matter how hard I blinked. I reached out, grabbed Vincent's heavy coat sleeve with both hands, and held on as tightly as I could."Where is he?" I sobbed. "I need to see him right now. Please, Vincent. You have to take me to where he is staying.""I cannot do that, Gabriella," he said firmly."Vincent, please—""I cannot tell you where he is located," he repeated, his tone cutting off my plea. "It is s

FIFTY NINE

Gabriella's Pov"Not yet," Vincent said, putting the device back into his pocket. "But he will. He cannot help himself when he thinks he has won. You need to know something else, Gabriella. Whatever happens from this moment on, you cannot tell a single soul about this. Not your father. Not your brother Raphael. No one. Do you understand the risk?""I understand," I said."Good." Vincent adjusted his collar as a noise came from the hallway. "Your parents are coming back down the corridor right now. I need to leave immediately. Remember exactly what I told you. Act like he is dead. Pretend you are completely broken inside. Let Davis think he has won everything."The heavy door opened. My mother walked back into the room. Behind her, my father stepped in and closed the door.Vincent stepped away from my bed instantly. His entire expression shifted in a split second. The hardness and the urgency vanished completely from his features. In its place was the somber, respectful face of a griev

SIXTY

Gabriella's POVThe hospital administration finally released me on the morning of the third day.Those three days felt incredibly long. I spent seventy-two hours staring at the plain white walls, listening to the rhythmic beeping of the cardiac monitors, and breathing in the sharp, chemical smell of antiseptic that filled the entire ward. For three full days, I forced myself to look completely broken down, hollowed out, and ruined by grief in front of the hospital staff. Inside my mind, my thoughts were screaming with an intense sense of relief because I knew the secret truth. Mariano was alive. But on the outside, I had to look like a woman who had lost everything. To make matters worse, Davis showed up at my room every single morning. He arrived early, carrying large arrangements of fresh flowers and presenting a perfectly executed performance of deep sympathy and sorrow.He brought his parents, Denica and Rodrigo, along with him on the morning of the second day.They walked into my

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