Alle Kapitel von THE DON WHO COULDN'T LOVE : Kapitel 31

The drive back to the estate passed mostly in silence, the kind that comes after something enormous has finally settled rather than the strained quiet of before. Dawn was breaking by the time we reached the gates, pale light spilling over the grounds in a way that felt, absurdly, like the world offering its own quiet acknowledgment that something had shifted overnight."You should sleep," I said, watching Dante stare out the window as the car wound up the drive. "Whatever comes next with Tomas, with Marco, with all of it — none of it needs deciding in the next few hours."***"I don't think I can," Dante admitted, something raw still lingering in his voice from the night's conversation. "Every time I close my eyes, I keep seeing his face when I offered to acknowledge Renata publicly. Like he genuinely couldn't imagine anyone in this family choosing honesty over convenience.""That's not a small thing you gave him," I said gently. "For eight years,