"Get out of my way, Giordano," Victoria said, keeping her tone completely flat despite the sudden, violent racing of her pulse. Giordano didn't budge. He loomed in the dim, velvet-draped shadow of the corridor, his heavy chest heaving under his unbuttoned tuxedo shirt. The faint smell of scotch and expensive cologne clung to him, mixed with the raw, suffocating scent of unraveling control. "You've been avoiding me," Giordano rasped, his voice dark, jagged, and dripping with agony. "Hiding behind Vito’s guards, refusing to see me, and letting Alexander parade around as your bloody shadow." "I don't owe you an explanation, nor do I owe you my time," Victoria said, her eyes ice-cold as she tried to step around him. "We are done, Giordano. Move." Giordano stepped directly into her path, his massive frame blocking the dim light. His bloodshot eyes swept over her face, scanning the unusual pallor of her skin, the exhaustion in her eyes, and the way her hand subconsciously rested over he
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