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Chapter 98
Vincent was already in a foul mood. Pablo's threat still hung over him like a guillotine blade, and now Gianna was standing in his living room spewing absolute rubbish. His patience, already stretched thin, snapped."You're a naïve fool."The words hit Gianna like a physical blow. She actually stumbled back a step, her eyes going wide with shock. In all the months they'd been married, Vincent had never—not once—spoken to her like that."What did you just say to me?""You heard me." Vincent's voice was cold, cutting. "A naïve fool. Is that really all you are, Gianna? Did you work this hard, get this far on your own merit, build your business from the ground up, just so you could become Stephani's pawn?"Gianna's mouth opened, then closed. How did he know Stephani was involved? She hadn't mentioned her name. The certainty in his voice, the intimate way he said Stephani's name—it confirmed everything. They absolutely knew each other."How—" she started."How did I know?" Vincent's laugh
Chapter 99
Vincent stared out the window, his reflection ghostly in the darkening glass. Personally, he didn't like the direction things were going with Gianna. Not at all. He'd come into this arrangement with a plan—win her trust, then her affection, eventually her heart. Build something real from a foundation of convenience.But the love he was intent on cultivating seemed to refuse to take root. Every time he thought they were making progress, something yanked them three steps backward.Still, he couldn't leave her. Not now. Not with Pablo prowling out there somewhere, hunting for weaknesses to exploit. Not with Stephani circling like a viper, poisoning everything she touched. And certainly not after what Antonio had revealed about the plot surrounding Nonna Elisabetta's inheritance.Vincent had dealt with Antonio—sent the old man scurrying into exile—but the threat remained. Kevin was still in the city, cut off and desperate. Giovanni and Rocco were still plotting, still dangerous. And now t
CHAPTER 100 PART 1
Back in Suite 4501, Stephani stood by the window, watching the city lights sparkle below. Her reflection in the glass was tense, her jaw tight with frustration. Gianna had walked away without signing. Without committing. Without doing what she was supposed to do."I hope you have another plan in the works," Stephani said, her voice dripping with disgust. "In case that little fool doesn't take this one."Giovanni remained seated at the table, swirling the wine in his glass with practiced ease. He looked completely unbothered by Gianna's departure. "She'll take the deal.""You seem very confident about that.""I am." Giovanni took a sip of his wine, savoring it before continuing. "I've known Gianna since she was a child. Watched her grow up in this city, fighting against her family's expectations, clawing her way up through sheer determination. She's ambitious, Stephani. Ruthlessly so.""And?""And Gianna is not the type of woman to let a man stand in the way of her goals and dreams." G
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Giovanni raised his hands in mock surrender. "As you wish." He returned to his seat, leaning back with the air of someone holding all the cards. "If Vincent is staying because he loves Gianna—or thinks he does—then we don't need to convince him to leave. We need to break his heart."Stephani set down her glass, her full attention now on Giovanni. "How?""By making him believe that Gianna doesn't love him back. That she never did. That he was always just a tool to her." Giovanni's smile was cold. "We make her rejection so brutal, so public, so absolute that Vincent has no choice but to accept it's over.""Gianna already wants to divorce him.""Wanting to and actually doing it are two different things." Giovanni leaned forward. "Right now, there's still ambiguity. Still room for Vincent to believe he can change her mind, protect her, win her over. We need to eliminate that hope completely.""How do you propose we do that?""We make Gianna the villain." Giovanni's eyes gleamed with calcu
Chapter 101
Gianna drove aimlessly through the city streets, her hands gripping the steering wheel so tightly her knuckles turned white. Frustration coursed through her veins like poison. She needed someone to talk to, someone to help her make sense of the impossible situation Vincent had trapped her in.But who? Her mother was out of the question. Isabella would either lecture her about making poor choices or insist she stay married to Vincent out of some misguided sense of propriety. Either way, it would turn into drama Gianna had no energy to deal with.Her friends from university had drifted away over the years, consumed by their own lives and problems. The business associates she'd cultivated were just that—associates, not confidants.Gianna was so lost in thought that she almost didn't notice Rocco Benedetti standing outside a café she'd pulled up to. Almost.He saw her at the same moment, and his expression immediately twisted into something between disgust and contempt. Before she could g
Chapter 102 PART 1
Giovanni sat in his study, a glass of aged scotch in hand, contemplating his next move. Getting in good with Stephani Palazzo was proving to be the opportunity of a lifetime. The woman had connections that spanned continents, resources that could elevate the Benedetti family to heights even his father had never imagined.But first, he needed to deliver results. And the most pressing task was getting Vincent out of the Moretti family as soon as possible.Giovanni didn't trust Gianna to handle this herself. The woman was too emotional, too conflicted. She'd already walked away from Stephani's meeting without signing, which showed weakness. No, this required a man's touch. A calculated approach.He picked up his phone and made a call. "Kevin. I need to see you. Tonight."Kevin Romano arrived within the hour, practically vibrating with eagerness. He'd been cut off from his family, excommunicated and abandoned, nursing his wounded pride and burning desire for revenge."You said you had a w
CHAPTER 102 PART 2
Across town, Gianna sat in a nondescript café, waiting for Marco Rinaldi. The private investigator arrived ten minutes late, carrying a leather folder that looked disappointingly thin."You're late," Gianna said by way of greeting."Apologies, Ms. Moretti." Rinaldi slid into the seat across from her, glancing around to make sure they weren't being overheard. "I came as soon as I could.""What did you find?"Rinaldi opened the folder, spreading several documents across the table. "Vincent Casti is... remarkably clean."Gianna's heart sank. "What does that mean?""It means he has no criminal record. Not even a parking ticket. No history of violence, no suspicious associations, no red flags of any kind." Rinaldi pointed to one of the documents. "He runs a small security firm called Casti Security Solutions. They specialize in protecting imported and exported rare artifacts—high-value items that require discreet, professional security."That lined up perfectly with what Vincent had told h
Chapter 103
Gianna was walking out of the café, her mind still churning with questions about Vincent's mysteriously clean background, when she nearly collided with someone on the sidewalk."Gianna! I'm so sorry, I wasn't—" Kevin Romano steadied her by the shoulders, his expression shifting from surprise to something almost rehearsed. "Are you alright?""I'm fine." Gianna stepped back, putting distance between them. Then she remembered Rocco's words about Vincent kidnapping Antonio. Her eyes narrowed as she studied Kevin's face. "Actually, Kevin, can I ask you something?""Of course. Anything.""Is it true that Vincent kidnapped your father?"Kevin's face crumpled with what looked like genuine pain. "So you've heard about that.""Rocco mentioned it. I didn't believe him at first, but—""It's true." Kevin's voice was heavy. "Vincent and his men stormed our home. Took my father at gunpoint right in front of my mother and sister. I've never felt so helpless in my life."Gianna's breath caught. Hearin
CHAPTER 104
Dinner continued with the kind of tension that made the air thick and difficult to breathe. Kevin had shifted tactics, abandoning the direct mockery in favor of something far more calculated. He'd moved his chair subtly closer to Gianna's, close enough that their shoulders nearly touched. Every few minutes, he reached for the wine bottle and refilled her glass with exaggerated attentiveness."What do you think of the risotto?" Kevin asked Gianna, his voice warm and intimate. "The texture seems perfect.""It's good," Gianna admitted."You have wonderful taste." Kevin smiled at her, completely ignoring the fact that Vincent had cooked every single thing on the table. "Everything about this evening is perfect. The company especially."Gianna felt slightly uncomfortable with the blatant flattery but said nothing. Across the table, Vincent sat at the far edge, his expression carefully neutral. He was eating with measured calmness, as if the scene unfolding in front of him was of no consequ
Chapter 105
The kiss barely had time to register before Kevin was yanked backward with brutal force. One moment his lips were on Gianna's, the next he was being hauled out of his chair by an iron grip on the back of his neck.Vincent's hand clamped down like a vice, his fingers digging into the pressure points with surgical precision. Kevin gasped, his entire body going rigid as pain shot through his nervous system.Vincent leaned in close, his mouth at Kevin's ear, his voice a deadly whisper. "If you try to kiss my wife again, it will be the last thing you ever do."The words weren't a threat. They were a promise. A statement of absolute fact delivered with the cold certainty of someone who'd ended lives before and wouldn't lose sleep over doing it again.Kevin's blood turned to ice water. Suddenly he was back in his family home, watching his father get dragged away at gunpoint. The same monster who'd terrorized the Romano family was now holding him by the neck, and Kevin could feel the barely l