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CHAPTER 142 PART 1
Gianna stepped out of the Grand Palazzo Hotel feeling like her world was actively crumbling around her. The morning sunlight felt too bright, too cheerful for the disaster her life had become.Everything was falling apart at once.The Palazzo shares—her lifesaving deal, her escape route from the Benedettis and Romanos—were being stripped away. Stephani had ended their arrangement with vindictive pleasure, and now those shares would go to Giovanni, strengthening his grip on her future.And Vincent. Vincent was threatening to leave in three days, which would create a scandal that would destroy what remained of her reputation. Ironically, now that Stephani had cancelled their deal, there was no advantage to divorcing Vincent. The very thing she'd been working toward for months was now the worst possible outcome.The universe had a cruel sense of humor.Gianna walked toward her car in the hotel parking garage, her heels clicking on concrete, her mind spinning through impossible scenarios.
CHAPTER 141 PART 2
"This is business." Stephani's voice turned cold. "You failed to divorce Vincent. You failed to uphold your end of our bargain. So now you lose everything—the international contract, the Palazzo shares, your pathetic attempt to break free from the Benedettis and Romanos. All of it goes to Giovanni, who at least has the decency to deliver results."Gianna felt the walls closing in. Those shares were her lifeline. Her way out of the suffocating grip of old family alliances. Her proof that she could succeed on her own merits.And Stephani was taking them away out of spite."There has to be another way," Gianna said, hating the desperation in her voice. "Another arrangement we can make—""There is." Stephani's smile returned, sharp and predatory. "Divorce Vincent. Today. Right now. Sign the papers I'm sure he's already prepared, and I'll reconsider the share transfer."Gianna's hand instinctively went to her pocket where she'd tucked the unsigned divorce papers this morning. They'd been o
CHAPTER 141 PART 1
The next morning, Gianna woke with gritty eyes and a pounding headache from crying herself to sleep. But beneath the exhaustion was determination. She had three days. Three days to understand what had happened, to figure out how to fix it, to somehow convince Vincent to stay.First, she needed information. Needed to understand why Vincent had suddenly pushed for divorce after months of refusing to leave.And there was one person who might have answers: Stephani Palazzo.Gianna dressed quickly in a power suit—armor for the confrontation she knew was coming—and drove to the Grand Palazzo Hotel. She didn't bother calling ahead. Stephani would see her, if only to gloat.The receptionist tried to stop her. "Ms. Palazzo isn't seeing visitors—""Tell her Gianna Moretti is here," Gianna cut her off. "She'll see me."Five minutes later, Gianna was being escorted to the penthouse suite. Stephani sat by the window, sipping coffee and looking perfectly composed despite the early hour."Gianna." S
CHAPTER 140 PART 2
Right there in the middle of the living room, her pride and dignity and carefully maintained composure abandoned in an instant, Gianna fell to her knees and the words tumbled out before her brain could stop them."Please don't leave."Vincent stopped mid-stride, his hand on the door handle. He didn't turn around."Please," Gianna repeated, her voice cracking. "At least—at least not yet. Give me time to process this. To—to get my affairs in order so it doesn't become a scandal. Please, Vincent."The silence that followed was excruciating. Gianna remained on her knees, tears streaming freely now, her entire body trembling with emotions she couldn't control.Vincent stood frozen at the door, his back to her. Rafael, visible through the window, shifted uncomfortably in the car, clearly able to see what was happening through the glass."Three days," Vincent said finally, his voice flat and emotionless."What?""You have three days to get your affairs in order." Vincent's hand left the door
CHAPTER 140 PART 1
Gianna felt triumphant in that moment, believing she'd successfully cornered Vincent with his own principles. The contract. His honor. His stated commitment to fulfilling obligations. She'd used all of it against him, and it had worked.Or so she thought.Vincent's entire demeanor shifted in the span of a heartbeat. The change was so sudden, so complete, that Gianna actually took an involuntary step backward.His posture straightened, shoulders back, chin up. His eyes—which had held conflict and pain moments ago—went cold and hard as tempered steel. And when he spoke, his voice carried a weight of authority that made the air itself feel heavier.This wasn't the soft-spoken man she'd thought spineless. This wasn't even the commanding presence she'd glimpsed when he dealt with Stephani or Kevin.This was someone else entirely.This was the Supreme Commander."You don't make the rules here, Gianna." Vincent's voice was quiet, but it cut through the space between them like a blade. "You n
CHAPTER 139 PART 2
Across the city, Kevin Romano finally left the hospital. The night had been a rollercoaster—triumph with Dr. Webb's arrival, humiliation when Vincent's claims about Dr. Jensen proved true, satisfaction at Rocco's exposure, and the lingering ache in his cheek where Vincent had slapped him.But overall, Kevin considered the evening a win. He'd driven a wedge between Vincent and Gianna. Had made Gianna choose his side, even if briefly. Had planted seeds of doubt that would fester regardless of what happened afterward.Kevin drove to a location he'd been given earlier—a dive bar on the outskirts of the city, the kind of place where questions weren't asked and cameras didn't work. He parked in the back and entered through the rear door.The man was waiting in a corner booth, exactly as he'd been that night weeks ago when Kevin had been drinking himself into oblivion after the scandal. The same night those photos had mysteriously appeared and then been twisted to humiliate Kevin instead of
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