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She manages to deceive him for a whole year until her cup finally gets filled. After four months he goes to a nightclub and brings back a lady. They do their thing and the lady leaves the next day. Bella, as usual, goes to kill her. She has no idea the lady is the daughter of one of the deadliest mafia bosses in Italy. Killing her isn't easy because she fights so well, but Bella still manages to get her down. She is about to leave the place only to come face to face with Conrald and his men. Before she can say a word, gunmen pull up and finish off nearly all of Conrald's men whom he brought along.

The moment David left, my phone buzzed. I snatched it up. “Clara?” “Oh my God, Mara—are you okay?” Her voice tumbled through the line, panicked. “I saw everything on the news. The chandelier,people thought…” “I’m fine,” I cut in quickly. “I…just… I’m fine.” I didn’t wait for her to say more. I ended the call, my fingers trembling as I opened my browser. And there it was. Everywhere. *‘Lawsons Anniversary Turns Chaotic.’*

Grandma’s voice echoed in my mind: “Nova, promise me you won’t give up, no matter how hard it gets.” I didn’t. Even when I lost every scholarship I’d fought for, I didn’t break. When she fell sick and the bills kept piling, I took this job—serving people who probably wouldn’t look at me twice if I were dying in front of them. I turned toward Table Seven when my eyes caught a familiar figure at the corner booth. My breath froze. It was him. Mr. Baldwin. Daniel’s father. Sitting there in a tailored navy suit, gold cufflinks glinting under the dim lights, surrounded by men whose laughter could buy silence in any room. And sitting beside him—my father.

Daelan The broken glass still glittered across the café floor, while frightened customers continued staring at me as though I had suddenly grown horns, yet I barely noticed any of them because my mind had already begun connecting the pieces together. This bullshit all happened after Callista entered Luca Moretti's life. My fingers curled around the edge of the table, while a slow realization settled inside my chest, because perhaps this entire thing was Luca's doing and perhaps the bastard was simply trying to impress Callista by destroying me piece by piece.

The bedroom door opened right then, and my heart threatened to plummet out of my mouth as he walked inside, his dark eyes meeting mine in the mirror. Holy fucking hell. Nico Baldocchi, the heir to the Baldocchi throne, was gorgeous in the darkest way possible. He was so intense that I sometimes forgot how to breathe when I was near him. He’s the embodiment of the alpha male straight out of those best-selling, steamy novels women couldn’t stop raving about.