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Chapter 135
Olivia pushed open the door to her apartment and closed the door behind her, leaned against it. Her heart was pounding and hands were shaking. She pressed them against her stomach, felt the ache and ignored it.She walked to her bedroom. The door was open. Agatha sat on the bed, her legs crossed, her hands folded in her lap. She smiled, mischievously when Olivia walked in. "Olivia. I was wondering when you'd come home."Olivia paused when she saw her."What are you doing in my room?"Agatha stood, smoothed her dress, walked to the dresser. Her fingers touched the frame of a photograph. Olivia's mother, her father and her as a child."I was looking for something. A document your father left. Something important." She turned, looked at Olivia. "You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?"Olivia's hands clenched at her sides. "No."Agatha smiled again, walked to the door, stopped inches from Olivia's face. "You're lying. I can always tell when you're lying. Your left eye twit
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Olivia's hands dropped to her sides as she stood up. "Victor Kane? My stepmother? That's impossible!"Adam walked to the window, pulled the curtain aside, stared out at the dark street. His mind was racing, pieces clicking together."I've been looking for Victor Kane for weeks. A woman who controls the village. A woman who men like Logan fear." He turned, looked at her.Olivia shook her head. "Agatha married my father after my mother died. She was his secretary. She didn't come from money. She didn't have power. She couldn't be…." She stopped shaking her head.To Olivia, this doesn't make sense at all."She knew your father, which meant that she knew his business. And when he died, she stayed in control."Adam walked to the door, pulled it open. "Kai."Kai stepped in from the hallway, his phone in his hand, his face hard. "What's wrong?" He asked, his voice tinged with worry. "Agatha. Olivia's stepmother. What's her history?"Kai's eyes moved to Olivia, then back to Adam. "I didn
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Meanwhile as Olivia laid on the bed, she wondered how Agatha knew she pretended to be Adam's wife when she and Adam traveled. Only Kai and Adam knew.A knock on the door. She groaned, pressed her face into the pillow. "Go away.""Liv. It's me."Don. She sat up, wiped her face, smoothed her hair. She stood, walked to the door, pulled it open.He stood in the hallway, his hands in his pockets, his eyes on the floor. "What do you want?"He looked up, met her eyes. "Can I come in?"She stepped aside. He walked past her, stood in the center of the room, looked at the bed, the window, the dresser. He didn't sit."Mom is crazy," he said. "I don't want the company. I never wanted it. She's the one pushing it. She's been planning this for years. Ever since Dad got sick."Olivia crossed her arms, leaned against the wall.Olivia's arms dropped to her sides. "Don."He shook his head, stepped back. "I'm not going to take the company, you should always know that," he said pulling her into a hug
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After the party, Olivia lay on the couch, her phone in her hand, her stomach pulsing with a dull, steady ache. She had taken her vitamins, the pain was still there. She had stopped telling people about it. She had stopped going to doctors. She had stopped hoping it would go away.The door opened.She sat up, dropped her phone on the cushion, pressed her hand against her stomach. Don walked in first, his face flushed, his eyes bright. Behind him, Agatha, Olivia's stepmother. Her father's second wife. The woman who had never looked at her without contempt.Agatha. had been at the party. Of course she had been at the party, she went everywhere. She knew everyone. She made sure no one forgot that she was a Vatican, even if she had married into the name."Don," Olivia said. "Mother."Agatha's smile was thin, cold. "Olivia. We need to talk."Olivia stood, her hand still pressed against her stomach, her face still pale. "I'm tired. Can it wait?"Agatha walked past her, sat on the chair
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"Your father," Adam said slowly. "Victor Kane is your father. How?"Olivia nodded. "His full name was Victor Kane Vatican. But no one called him that. Everyone knew him as Victor Vatican. He changed it when he started the company. Said Kane sounded too aggressive." She laughed, a hollow sound. "He wanted to sound respectable."Adam's jaw tightened. "When did he die?""Ten years ago, cancer.” She felt s sharp pain in her stomach and quickly pressed her hand against her stomach, winced, straightened. "I was alone. Don was away at school. I had to sign the papers. Identify the body. Plan the funeral."Adam watched her face, her eyes, her hands. She was telling the truth. He could feel it. But something was wrong, Victor Kane couldn't be dead.Her stomach hurts her again. She doubled over, her hand pressed against her abdomen, her breath coming in short, sharp gasps. Adam caught her arm, held her steady."Are you okay?"She nodded, straightened, forced a smile. "I'm fine. Just tired.
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Adam walked toward the Vatican's table.The old man looked up as he approached. His name was Vincent. Adam had learned that much from Kai. Vincent Vatican. Seventy-three years old. Widower. Three sons, two daughters. His wife had died ten years ago, from cancer. He had sold the family business shortly after, retired to a house on the coast, and rarely came into the city.But tonight he was here, and to Adam that was his first suspect. Adam believed that maybe he discovered about the plant after his wife died. "Mr. Vatican." Adam extended his hand.Vincent took it, his grip firm, his eyes sharp. "Mr. Cole. Thank you for inviting us, your sister is very lucky to have you."Adam released his hand, looking at his children who surrounded their father."Your family is beautiful," Adam said.Vincent nodded. "They are, my wife would be proud."Adam turned to one of his sons. "You run the family business now?"Marcus shook his head. "There's no business, our father sold it. We do other th
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