: Shattered

just outside the chaos, feigning innocence, her delicate face the picture of victimhood. Her wide, wounded eyes and shaking hands painted a picture of a woman

! Nonna has always being g like this , visiting from club to clubs, using her father's wealth to manipulate everyone, and now this... this is how immoral she is

e designed to ruin her. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Veron

their microphones thrusting toward her, capturing every fabricated word.

an who had been watching the scene unfold, rushed in with security following quickly behind. They moved l

mug, triumphant look, her lips curling into a wicked smile as she turned on her heels and walked out. The d

in from between her legs hit her all at once-an unbearable reminder

ce of her innocence lost. The tears came in a wave, her chest heaving with the weight of her shame and re

harp, filled with a bitterness she'd never heard before. He stor

iling her as her father yanked her up from the bed. H

hing we've built, all the respect we've earned... you've destroyed it in one night!" He slapped he

ut it was nothing compared to the feeling of her father's utter betraya

ything, every luxury, every opportunity, and this is how you repay me?" His voice cracked with emotion, and his hand

her father sank to his knees before her, clutching his chest in

She reached for him, her hands trembling as she t

going limp, and Nonna screamed, her heart dropping into her stomach.

ocess the unfolding scene. Her father's condition was too much to handle in this

ance!" she screamed, he

s movements were precise, calculated, but there was a flicker of something deep in his eyes-something that made Nonna pause. For a

loser, his voice low, almost like a whisper. "Nonna,"

r was lying motionless on the floor, his life hanging in the balance, and here was Wil

hat's happened. Your reputation, your family... everything." His voice was steady, unw

. His words were powerful, and in the midst of everything cr

pt this offer, this promi

rs, but they came faster, and the weight of everything she had lost pressed down on her. In that

she whispered, the words escap

lied softly, his hand gently rest