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the floor-to-ceiling windows, cast

the mattress, listening as

as fina

ht tending to his mistres

tood silently at the top

two maids from our estate carried heavy ca

ath, tearing open

ss he'd personally commi

ine panic flashed

charged up the stairs,

ling, his massive body trapping me.

doned me last night. Am I

tension seeme

y into his arms, and turned us so his back was t

is stubble scraping my skin. "I

g him he had to immediately

red him a large glass of the smuggled R

him down i

l to dull the edges honed

n, I'd received an

ompletely blank, but I k

box unopened on

lammed the empty glass down

ouch my skin, frantic knoc

urgently from behind the door. "Boss, Luci

e blood drained f

turned shall

marble console table and picking up

acts on top, hiding the severance agreeme

him he needed to sign these

eding mistress, he blin

ery dotted line in a rush,

to the floor. He r

d severed all ties wi

goodbye, Dant

phone in his pocket star

t even l

houlder that he'd be back

ence, I let out a

g at my pathe

ng table and finally tore o

dozens of

te and Lucia having sex in ev

ent over his desk in his study. Tan

en note was pinne

sked, "Does he think of

I recalled times Dante would stare blankly

business; he was reliving his disg

t at our giant gilded wedding portrait. T

tered. Just li

you agai