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me after our first night together. After taking my virgin

cup on the table,

house with Gio for the first three days, but since I had no one the

e said I wasn't worth being a wife, so Gio left me. I let it slide because I was used to recei

g? Maybe you're hungry," jos

ook my head. "No, I'm

e few words, I wa

us has improved since news spread that I married Gio Locatel

o marry someone who could uplift our business, not drag it down. That's when the Locatelli marriage offer came, which Papa quickly accepted. Initially, he w

lli

s child from his second marriage after my mother passed away. I was too young to remem

, Sienna?"

My friends and I are going to the mall; maybe you'd like to join us? Papa has been

ne. Go ahead and meet your f

I were close. Aunt Elsie, my stepmother, also treated me kindl

t seemed like he didn't

my sister left, and when she disappeared from sight, I chose to lie down o

eli

y, but it seems he made a detour to come home and scold me. I could feel he was about to throw somethi

be!" Aunt Elsie interven

en. I didn't even need to look to know

t Papa slapped some photos ont

ably hasn't made it to the media yet because Gio's family is likel

gh. It was Gio with a woman I didn't recognize

I haven't heard a

u here and taken you with him out of the country! You're not

rying to calm Papa down, but he

m not the one who cheated, am I? I'm not the one who left on th

apped by my father if it wasn’t for A

't contributed anything to this family except b

saying to her, Enrique. Have some mercy on your daughter," Aunt Elsie

illie, you'll be in real trouble with me!"

orarily because my husband was gone. I always received criticism from my fat

"He's stressed because of the company. Some are speculating that your husband might leave

rom the brink of collapse. Now, with rumors spreading that my husband had another woman or might seek a

urtful words, I just let it slide. I was used to

e country. I didn't know how to feel about that. Papa continued to give me lec

he really intended to divorce me, that was fine with me. What I p

aught me trying to escape, he would lock me in the attic for weeks. He would bring me food,

know what I'll do to you! Your mother shou

I had no appetite earli

as hearing your own father pray