Fifty Shades Of Lovia
The villa itself was stone, old-world, sprawling with arched windows and balconies that whispered of power earned generations ago.
A servant led me to a terrace that overlooked a sparkling pool. Three men waited there.
Don Matteo himself, dressed in a crisp cream suit, his silver hair slicked back. His eyes were sharp, dark, calculating—eyes of a man who could cut you with a glance.
Beside him sat another council member I recognized from last night: Mr. Harlow, British, his steel-rimmed glasses flashing in the sunlight. Always so careful and so precise in his words.
And the third was an unexpected woman and a council member as well. Veronica Delgado, she has a sharp cheekbones, hair pulled i