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Chapter 1

Viola’s POV“Ma’am, can you hear me?”Someone supported the back of my neck and pressed a piece of gauze against my forehead.I flinched at the pain.“Don’t move. Tell me your name.”“Viola.”I drew a shaky breath.“Viola Vitale.”The paramedic’s hands paused for a fraction of a second.Behind her, a police officer looked up, his eyes dropping to the ring on my finger.Black onyx surrounded by tiny diamonds.The Vitale family crest was engraved on its face.When Dante had slipped it onto my finger, he had told me that as long as I wore that ring, no one would dare touch me.But the shell casings still littered the road.Luca’s blood was on my dress.Tonight, he had been the only guard left at my side.He had sensed something was wrong before the shooting started.“Ma’am, that car has been following us for three blocks.”He pressed his radio and called for backup.No one answered.As he called a second time, a black SUV slammed into us from the side.All I remembered was Luca shouting a

Chapter 2

When I woke, it was completely dark outside.There were three stitches in my forehead and a bandage around my left arm.A female doctor sat beside the bed. She asked a few questions about how I was feeling before placing a test report in front of me.“There’s something else you need to know.”Her voice was gentle.“You’re pregnant. Approximately six weeks.”I went still.My hand slowly moved to my lower abdomen.It was still flat. There was nothing different to feel.“The baby…”I could barely make a sound.“So far, the examination hasn’t shown any obvious abnormalities. But you were in a collision tonight, and you’ve had abdominal pain. We need to keep you here for observation.”The doctor glanced at my phone, its screen still lit.“Would you like us to contact your husband?”Nineteen calls.Not one had been answered.“No.”I turned the phone facedown.“Please don’t share the results with any visitors yet. I’d like to tell my family myself.”The doctor nodded.After she left, I sat al

Chapter 3

Dante immediately took out his phone.“Enzo, find out what happened in tonight’s attack. Send every duty log to my study.”He paused.“And keep this contained. Until we know what happened, no one is to tell anyone outside the family that my wife was attacked.”He ended the call and came over to me.“What did the doctor say?”“That I’m not dying. Not yet.”“Viola.”He did not like it when I spoke that way.In the past, whenever he said my name in that tone, I would be the first to give ground.Not tonight.“Luca is dead.”His jaw tightened.“I’ll take care of his family.”“There were supposed to be three cars with me tonight.”Dante was silent for a moment.I watched him.“Were you the one who sent the other two away?”“The lakeside estate needed more men.”“There were already more than twenty guards there.”“Selena received a threatening letter.”I stared at him, suddenly unable to speak.He seemed to realize how cruel those words sounded. He reached for my shoulder.“I didn’t know the

Chapter 4

At dawn, my father called.“Viola, can you come to the hospital?”I sat bolt upright.“What happened to Mom?”His breathing was heavy.“Someone delivered something to the house. When she saw it, she had a heart attack. They’ve stabilized her.”When I reached the hospital, my father was sitting at the far end of the corridor.He clutched a brown envelope.At the sight of the bandage on my forehead, he shot to his feet.“They really did hurt you?”I did not answer.He handed me the envelope.Inside was a photograph.My car was parked outside a jewelry store. I was bending down, about to get into the back seat.A single sentence was written on the back.Tell Vitale we’ll collect what he owes from his family.My fingertips went cold.The photograph had been taken at least two days before last night’s attack.They had been watching me long before I knew.My father looked at me, his eyes slowly reddening.“When you married him, you said he would protect you.”I turned the photograph over.“L

Chapter 5

Three days later, my mother’s condition had stabilized.Using a trip to the pharmacy as an excuse, I went to see Mr. Benedetto.He was an old man now.At the sight of the wound on my forehead, he swallowed the pleasantries he had prepared.“Have you thought this through?”I nodded.Two sets of documents lay on the desk.A divorce agreement.And an inventory of the assets in my name and my involvement in the family’s shared affairs.When I married Dante, I had not understood how many things he had signed on my behalf.The estate. Funds. Charitable accounts.Each had looked like a gift.Now that I wanted to leave, every one of them had to be untangled.“You have the right to seek a divorce,” the lawyer said. “But I can’t promise he’ll cooperate. And I certainly can’t promise that one document will get you out safely.”“I understand.”“What about your parents?”“They’ll stay with my uncle first. They’ll leave as soon as Mom can be discharged.”He studied me, then finally handed me a pen.

Chapter 6

Dante glanced at my bag.Just then, an urgent knock sounded at the door.Enzo came in and leaned down to murmur in his ear.All I caught were the words lakeside, unfamiliar vehicle, and child.Dante stood immediately.“I need to go out.”I stood, too.“Selena again?”“They spotted someone suspicious outside the estate.”“Call the police. Or let your guards handle it.”“This isn’t something you need to worry about.”I placed the keys back in front of him.Metal struck porcelain with a sharp clink.“Then what should I worry about?”“Moving into the house you choose, accepting the people you choose, and waiting until someone points a gun at me again?”Dante stared at me, his expression darkening.“I came tonight to solve this.”“And now you’re leaving.”His phone rang.Selena’s name shone clearly on the screen.Suddenly, I did not want to say anything else.I took the documents out of my bag.But Dante had already answered and turned away.“Take Lulu into the inner room. Don’t open the do

Chapter 7

Dante’s voice came from the living room.“We checked. The car belonged to a guest of someone in the neighborhood.”Selena sniffled softly.“But I’m so frightened. Ever since that letter arrived, I keep feeling as though someone is going to take Lulu away from me.”“No one will bother you here.”“But isn’t this Viola’s house?”My steps stopped beside the doorway.After a brief silence, Dante said,“She still has the estate.”I went no farther.The keys pressed into my palm. At dinner, he had pushed them toward me as though they could settle everything between us. He had never mentioned that someone else was already using them.Through the half-open door, I saw Lucia curled up on the sofa.Dante was adjusting a child’s GPS watch on her wrist.“Don’t take this off,” he told her. “If anything happens, press here, and I’ll get the alert.”The little girl nodded, then caught the hem of his shirt.“Will you ever ignore my calls again?”Dante’s hands paused.“No.”I lowered my head and looked

Chapter 8

Dante followed me onto the porch and caught my hand.“This is temporary. Once the threat is gone, I’ll make other arrangements.”I did not struggle.I only looked down at his hand.Two years ago, that hand had pulled me out of a gunman’s sights and into his arms.Tonight, another child’s woven bracelet still circled its wrist.“Let go, Dante.”“Where are you going?”“Home. To rest.”He studied my face.Perhaps he finally realized I was too exhausted even to argue.After a moment, he released me.“I’ll be home later.”I did not answer.Back at the estate, I called my father first.My mother had been cleared for transfer, and they had booked a car for early the next morning.“What about you?” he asked.“I’ll contact you later.”I waited until he hung up. For once, I could not trust myself to reassure him without crying.After hanging up, I sat on the edge of the bed and took out the test report.Six weeks pregnant.The doctor’s words returned to me.I laid a hand over my lower abdomen.“

Chapter 9

Dante’s POVLucia finally fell asleep.I switched off her bedside lamp. When I came out, Selena was still sitting near the stairs.“She kept asking whether you were going to leave tonight,” she said softly.I did not reply.On my phone, Viola’s chat was still open to my last message.Don’t wait up for me tonight.No response.I thought of the way she had placed the keys on the coffee table.She had not thrown anything. Had not demanded answers. Had not even raised her voice.She had said they could have the house.At the time, I thought she had finally stopped arguing.Now those words made it impossible to sit still.I called her.Her phone was off.“What are they saying at the estate?” I asked Enzo.He paused on the other end.“Your wife left. She said she was going to the hospital.”I stood immediately.“When?”“Forty minutes ago.”“Who’s with her?”“The gate guards said she declined an escort.”My gaze fell to the coffee table.The keys were still there.Viola had taken nothing.Not

Chapter 10

Dante’s POVAt four in the morning, Enzo brought me an access log.Not for the estate.For the villa on the south side.“Your wife’s access was revoked at five yesterday afternoon,” he said.I frowned.“I only told them to reset the security configuration.”“The staff received instructions to clear the previous resident’s access and retain only yours and Ms. Ricci’s.”“Who passed that on?”“Your temporary liaison.”I turned to the next page.Before receiving the instructions, the man had spoken to Selena on the phone.I said nothing.Enzo handed me another document.An application Viola had submitted six months earlier.She had wanted to turn the villa’s study into a medical reference room.The budget was modest.The approval section was still blank.I did not even remember seeing it.Yet yesterday afternoon, Selena needed somewhere to stay, and a single sentence from me had been enough to have the entire house changed.I stared at the two documents.Suddenly, I remembered Viola asking

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