Too Broken To Be Healed
I could barely hear anything except the sound of my own heartbeat.
Behind me, Camellia, Arianna, and the others watched in stunned silence, while Matteo’s hand tightened around mine, grounding me.
The lawyer raised a document.
“This,” he continued, “is the original will of the late Greta Conti.”
My breath caught.
Every word that followed felt unreal.
A hidden trust fund.
One billion dollars.
Waiting.
For me.
He explained that it was to be released upon my official rise to the position of CEO of the Conti company.