Our first coffee lasted forty minutes.Adrian did not ask me to return to New York. He listened while I explained why his apology could not repair the marriage we had already lost. When we left the café, he asked whether he could call me the following week.I agreed.For the next year, we lived on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Adrian returned to New York and rebuilt Valenti Holdings without Moretti financing. I remained in London, where Calder’s new logistics division opened routes through Rotterdam, Barcelona, and Athens.He called only when we had agreed he could. Some conversations lasted an hour, while others ended after a few minutes. Whenever he began telling me what I should do, I reminded him that I had not asked for an order.At first, he argued.Later, he stopped himself.The Moretti investigation ended with Matteo losing control of the family’s insurance division. Sofia avoided prison by cooperating with the Commission, but she was barred from working with any allied compa
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